Toy retailer fined $665,000 for breaking lead paint ban

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.

• CPSC news release