CPSC Enforcement

Recent Enforcement Actions

On August 6, 2013, the CPSC announced that Glideaway would voluntarily recall 1,850 beds for children that contained excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

On July 31, 2013, the CPSC announced that Far East Brokers would voluntarily recall 14,000 chairs containing excessive levels of lead paint.

On July 26, 2013, the CPSC, in association with U.S. Customs and Border Control, announced that it ended fiscal year 2012 having stopped a total of about 4.8 million units of products that violated U.S. safety rules or were found to be hazardous.  Children's products with lead levels exceeding federal limits made up the bulk of the products stopped.

On June 6, 2013, defendants Hung Lam, Isabella Kit Yeung, and Florida corporations LM Import-Export, Inc., Lam's Investment Corp., and LK Toys Corporation were sentenced for violations regarding the smuggling of hazardous children's products from China in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.  These products allegedly presented the risk of choking, aspiration, and ingestion, and some contained lead above the allowed statutory limits.

On October 16, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and CPSC investigators seized two shipments of children’s Halloween costumes that allegedly contained up to eleven times the legal lead content limit.  Also on that date, the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of approximately 6,200 fleece hoodie and t-shirt sets from Target.  The surface coating on the zipper of the fleece hoodie and t-shirt sets contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

On September 27, 2012, the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of approximately 7,000 toy pistols that exceeded the CPSIA lead paint standard. The toy guns were being sold at Halloween and specialty stores nationwide from April 2008 through May 2012.

On January 24, 2012, the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of approximately 7,000 action figures containing excessive levels of lead paint.

On January 23, 2012, the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of expandable lunch boxes and food carriers which were being imported by California Innovations Inc., a Toronto-based company. These expandable lunch boxes and food carriers contained gel packs filled with ethylene glycol, also a Proposition 65 listed chemical, which can cause significant harm in the event of a leak. California Innovations Inc. voluntarily recalled 248,000 expandable lunch boxes and 55,000 food carriers.

On January 5, 2012, the CPSC announced that Elegant Gifts Mart Inc. would voluntarily recall 1,600 chairs and 1,300 stools because they contained excessive levels of lead paint.

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