Consumer Product Safety Act

September 6, 2013
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products.  The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.” Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
August 14, 2013
Far East Brokers has issued a recall on Leisure Ways Brands Kids Outdoor Furniture, specifically its line of ladybug-themed outdoor furniture, which includes a camp chair, a folding chair, a moon chair, a swing chair, and a patio set.  The red surface paint on the furniture contains excessive levels of lead, in violation of the federal lead paint standard.  The...
CPSIA
August 22, 2013
Glideaway has issued a recall of Sleepharmony Metal Youth Beds in pink because the surface paint contains lead in excess of federal standards.  The bed is a twin size, made of metal, and has three pink heart-shaped designs on both the headboard and the footboard.  The recalled beds were manufactured between December 2011 and May 2013 and bear the model number #MB-YPT...
CPSIA
June 10, 2013
Hung Lam, 55, and Isabella Kit Yeung, 37, both of Miami-Dade County, and Florida corporations LM Import-Export, Inc. (LM), Lam’s Investment Corp. (LIC), and LK Toys Corporation, (LK) were sentenced for violations regarding the smuggling of hazardous children’s products from China, officials announced last month. According to court documents, Lam, LM, LIC, and LK...
CPSIA
August 5, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has amended existing regulations regarding exclusions from the strict lead limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). With the amendments, consumer products are now exempt from the CPSIA lead limits if: The product, material, or component part requires lead because it is not practicable or...
CPSIA
January 16, 1993
Ten major manufacturers of china dishes have settled a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the state, agreeing to pay $2.3 million for not adhering to Prop 65 and warning consumers about the lead content in their tableware. This settlement is the largest award under Proposition 65. The ten companies also promised to reduce the lead content in their products by 50-percent over...
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