Civil Recalls
This is a list of civil recalls. These recalls are listed with the most recent first.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that a manufacturer of athletic shoes and apparel has agreed to pay the government a $1,000,000 civil penalty. This penalty, which has been provisionally accepted, is the largest for a Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) violation and follows a recall announced by CPSC and Reebok of 300,000 bracelets.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that a liquidating trust acting on behalf of a now-dissolved manufacturer of heaters has agreed to pay the government a $500,000 civil penalty. The penalty settles allegations that Vornado Air Circulation Systems Inc., formerly of Andover, Kan., failed to report in a timely manner incidents of fire and overheating from defective heaters.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that a Missouri-based manufacturer of trampolines has agreed to pay the government a $105,000 civil penalty. The penalty settles allegations that Stamina Products, of Springfield, Mo., failed to report in a timely manner injuries from defective mini-trampolines. In April 2006, CPSC and Stamina Products announced the recall of about 668,000 mini-trampolines.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that a Wisconsin-based tree stand manufacturer has agreed to pay the government a $420,000 civil penalty. The penalty settles a government lawsuit alleging that Ardisam Inc, of Cumberland, Wis., failed to immediately report to the CPSC serious injuries to hunters with its Big Foot and Lite Foot series hunting tree stands. In July 2004, 78,000 of these tree stands were recalled by the company.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today that Nexgrill Industries Inc., of City of Industry, Calif., has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company failed to report a hazard with its gas grills. The penalty has been provisionally accepted by the Commission. CPSC alleged that the firm failed to report a defect with Nexgrill Gas Grill Model 720-0025 in a timely manner.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Family Dollar Inc., of Matthews, N.C. has agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company failed to report defects with electric blankets. The penalty has been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Tiffany and Company, of New York, N.Y., has agreed to pay a $262,500 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company failed to report a hazard with its infant teether rattles. The penalty has been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today West Bend Houswares LLC, of West Bend, Wis., will pay a $100,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company failed to report a hazard with its 10-Cup Coffeemaker Carafes and Replacement Carafes. Under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), manufacturers, distributors, and retailers must immediately report product defects to the Commission.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today Winco Fireworks Inc., Winco Fireworks International LLC and Winco Fireworks of Utah LLC, of Prairie Village, Kan., and David Collar will pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling dangerous fireworks.
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The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the agency set several records in important safety areas this fiscal year including: Recalls of defective consumer products, Civil penalties imposed for industry failure to report hazardous products, and Industry reports of possible consumer product hazards.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc., (HB/PS) of Glen Allen, Va., has agreed to pay a $1.2 million civil penalty. The penalty, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, settles allegations that the company failed to report to CPSC in a timely manner defects with three separate products: countertop toasters, juice extractors, and slow cookers.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced a provisional settlement with one of the nation's largest children's product manufacturers for the largest civil penalty levied in CPSC history. CPSC has provisionally imposed a $4 million penalty against Graco Children's Products Inc., of Exton, Pa., for failing to inform the government in a timely manner about more than 12 million products that posed a danger to young children nationwide.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today that Imperial Toy Corp., of Los Angeles, Calif,, has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty for importing and selling childrens toys that violated federal safety standards. To protect young children from choking, aspiration, or ingestion hazards, federal law prohibits toys intended for children under three from having small parts.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of Bentonville, Ark., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000. The penalty resolves a lawsuit filed in May 2001 by the Justice Department, on behalf of CPSC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in which the government charged Wal-Mart with failing to report safety hazards associated with home exercise equipment.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing today that STK International Inc. (STK), of Los Angeles, Calif., must pay $270,000 in civil and criminal penalties for importing and selling dangerous children's toys. STK must pay a $120,000 criminal penalty and the company and its President Stuart T. Kole must collectively pay a $150,000 civil penalty. Additionally, STK, Kole, and other officials of STK are enjoined from violating CPSC's toy and art material regulations and must comply with an injunction mandating that the company's toys are tested before importation.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today a court ruling imposing a $300,000 civil penalty against a firm for not reporting a serious product hazard - the first time such a penalty ever has been awarded by a court for a company's failure to report. The ruling was made in a civil penalty action brought on CPSC's behalf by the Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Litigation against Mirama Enterprises Inc., which does business as Aroma Housewares Co., in San Diego, Calif., a small importer and distributor of juice extractors (juicers) and other household appliances.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Icon Health & Fitness Inc., of Logan, Utah, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $500,000. The penalty resolves a lawsuit filed against Icon in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland last May. The government charged Icon with failing to report serious safety hazards associated with home exercise equipment. The settlement also requires Icon to establish internal recordkeeping and monitoring systems to keep track of information about product safety hazards.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The Lane Company Inc. ("Lane"), of Altavista, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $900,000. The penalty settles CPSC allegations that Lane failed to report in a timely manner that children could become entrapped in "Lane" and "Virginia Maid" brand cedar chests made between 1912 and 1987. The lids on these pre-1987 cedar chests automatically latch shut when closed. Prior to April 1996, Lane had received reports that five children suffocated inside these older cedar chests.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that L.L. Bean, Inc., of Freeport, Maine, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000. The civil penalty settles allegations that L.L. Bean violated the Consumer Product Safety Act because the firm delayed in reporting to CPSC that two of its backpack child carriers were defective.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Red Rock Trading Co. Inc. and Blackjack Fireworks Inc., both of Las Vegas, Nev., have agreed to pay a total civil penalty of $90,000 to settle allegations that the firms violated both the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the CPSC's Fireworks Regulations by importing banned fireworks.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Hasbro Inc., of Pawtucket, R.I., paid a $400,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to timely report defects with its "PLAYSKOOL baby FOLD'N TRAVEL" infant carriers. Playskool Baby is a division of Hasbro.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The Standard Mattress Co., of Hartford, Conn., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000. The civil penalty settles allegations that Standard violated the federal Flammable Fabrics Act by manufacturing futons that violated the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., of Towson, Md., will pay a civil penalty of $575,000 - one of the largest ever paid to the agency. The penalty resolves charges that the company's Spacemaker T1000 Type 1 Horizontal Under-the-Cabinet Toasters contained defects, and that the firm failed to report the problem to the agency in a timely manner as required by law.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Shimano American Corp., of Irvine, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $150,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report in a timely manner a defect with its FC-CT90, FC-M290 and FC-MC12 bicycle cranks.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Premium Tobacco Stores Inc., doing business as Cigarettes Cheaper, and The Customer Company, both headquartered in Benicia, Calif., have agreed to stop the sale of disposable cigarette lighters that fail to meet government requirements for child resistance.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Small World Toys Inc. of Culver City, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $225,000 for allegedly importing and selling toys that did not meet federal safety standards. This civil penalty settles allegations that Small World failed to test toys for small parts and to report to the Commission toys that failed the small parts test as required by a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on July 31, 1986. The penalty also settles allegations that Small World imported and distributed for sale toys, rattles and art materials that violated the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act, and that Small World exported violative toys in violation of notification requirements of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Schneitter Fireworks and Importing Co. Inc. of St. Joseph, Mo., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000 to settle allegations that it violated both the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the Commission's Fireworks Regulations by importing banned fireworks.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. (Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman), of Chestnut Hill, Mass., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $112,500 to settle allegations that it violated both the federal Flammable Fabrics Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act by selling flammable bathrobes.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Safety 1st of Chestnut Hill, Mass., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $175,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report in a timely manner a defect with the Safekeeper toddler bed rails, sold with detachable flash lights.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Binky-Griptight Inc. of Wallington, N.J., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $150,000 to settle allegations that it failed to report a defect with Binky's Newborn Orthodontic Pacifiers as required by the Consumer Product Safety Act.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Monarch Towel Co. Inc. of Perth Amboy, N.J., has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and has agreed to cease and desist from manufacturing, distributing and selling children's sleepwear that violates federal flammability standards. The civil penalty and cease and desist order settle allegations that Monarch offered for sale on the Internet children's bathrobes that failed to comply with the children's sleepwear flammability standards under the federal Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA).
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that One Price Clothing Stores Inc., Dots Inc., Ross Stores Inc. and The Limited Inc. have agreed to pay a total of $500,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they violated the federal Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA). One Price and Dots each paid civil penalties of $50,000, Ross paid a civil penalty of $200,000 and The Limited will pay a civil penalty of $200,000 for selling highly flammable wearing apparel presenting a serious risk of burn injuries to consumers in violation of the FFA.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The TJX Companies Inc. of Framingham, Mass., has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal Flammable Fabrics Act by selling flammable rayon skirts and scarves.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that COA Inc., d/b/a Coaster Company of America, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $300,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) and the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that NuTone Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $110,000 to settle allegations that it violated the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report defects associated with its stereo receivers.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Century Products Company of Macedonia, Ohio, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $225,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report in a timely manner defects with certain cribs and strollers.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Yongxin International Inc. of City of Industry, Calif., has agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that CSA Inc. of South Easton, Mass., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report a defect with its E-Force Cross Trainer exercise machines.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The Toro Co. of Bloomington, Minn., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $250,000 to settle allegations that it violated the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report defects with certain riding lawn mowers and yard/garden tractors.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that STK International Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $80,000 to settle allegations that it imported and distributed for sale toys and art materials that did not meet U.S. safety standards in violation of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Hartman Products of Los Angeles, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000 to settle allegations that it failed to file a report regarding a defect in 1992 Hartman "Model Pro1600" hair dryers as required by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the Brinkmann Corp. (TBC) of Dallas, Texas, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $175,000 to settle allegations that it violated the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report defects associated with its charcoal smoker, electric smoker, and cooker/fryer.
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