Print version
Toy retailer fined $665,000 for breaking lead paint ban
03-Jul-2009
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that one of the USA’s largest wholesale direct importers of dollar-store toys, Los Angeles-based OKK Trading, will pay a civil penalty of $665,000 for breaking a 30-year old ban on selling toys coated with leaded paint.
In agreeing to the settlement, OKK denies the CPSC's allegations that it knowlingly violated the law. According to the CPSC product recall database, since January 2008 OKK Trading has had four separate recalls of toys due to violation of the lead paint rules.
Further information
Sign up to free news
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Chemical Watch Forum
- ECHA decision letters delay - Chris Braun
- Amendments to REACH Annex I and XIII - Nik Robinson
- Use of Chesar tool - Ineke Gubbels
- The importance of confidential business information - Ernie Rosenberg
- Reduced supply and choice of suppliers due to non-registration - Jon Hughes
- SIEF costs vary widely - Anon
- Who is the importer for REACH in complex supply chains - Anon
- CLP and empty diamonds: what’s the right approach? - Michael Paetzold
- "On the shelves" and "placed on the market" - PGO
- Use of NONS data: is it free, or do you need an agreement? - Franck Thiebault
%7Cutmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none)%3B%2B__utmv%3D56261707.-%3B)