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07-07-2009, 11:45 PM
CPSC press release:
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2009
Release # 09-264 CPSC Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Nine Companies Penalized for Selling Children’s Products that Violated the Federal Lead Paint Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that nine children’s product manufacturers, importers and sellers have agreed to pay more than $500,000 in civil penalties for violating the federal lead paint ban.
The penalties settle allegations that the firms knowingly manufactured, imported, or sold toys and other children’s articles with paint or other surface coatings that contained lead levels in violation of federal law. The settlements have been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
These products were recalled in 2007 and 2008, and include items such as toys, children’s metal jewelry, children’s pens, metal water bottles, pencil pouches, sunglasses and children’s Halloween pails and baskets. Tests showed that paint or surface coatings on these children’s products contained lead in excess of 600 ppm, or 0.06 percent, by weight. One firm’s testing revealed that its products contained surface coatings with nearly 60 percent lead. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place which prohibited toys and other children’s articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paints or surface coatings. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health consequences.
CPSC has ordered the following firms to pay civil penalties to the federal government:
Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc., of Baltimore, Md., $100,000
Recall: #07-157 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07157.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_cardinal.pdf) (pdf)
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Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn., $100,000
Recalls: 08-007 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08007.html), #08-068 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08068.html), #08-080 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08080.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_dollar.pdf) (pdf)
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Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Matthews, N.C., $75,000
Recall: #08-051 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08051.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_family.pdf) (pdf)
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Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., of Oklahoma City, Okla., $50,000
Recalls: #08-084 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08084.html), #08-229 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08229.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_hobby.pdf) (pdf)
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First Learning Company Ltd., of Hong Kong, $50,000
Recalls: #08-141 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08141.html), #08-174 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08174.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_firstlearning.pdf) (pdf)
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Michaels Stores Inc., of Irving, Texas, $45,000
Recall: #08-248 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08248.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_michaels.pdf) (pdf)
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A&A Global Industries Inc., of ****eysville, Md., $40,000
Recall: #07-144 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07144.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_aa.pdf) (pdf)
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Raymond Geddes & Co, of Baltimore, Md., $40,000
Recall: #08-096 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08096.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_geddes.pdf) (pdf)
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Downeast Concepts Inc., of Yarmouth, Maine, $30,000
Recall: #08-231 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08231.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_downeast.pdf) (pdf)
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In agreeing to settle the matters, the firms deny CPSC’s allegations that they knowingly violated the law.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07157b.jpg
Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc. Jewelry
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08068a.jpg
Dollar General Toy Cars
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08051.jpg
Family Dollar Halloween Pails
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08084c.jpg
Hobby Lobby Halloween Baskets
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2009
Release # 09-264 CPSC Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Nine Companies Penalized for Selling Children’s Products that Violated the Federal Lead Paint Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that nine children’s product manufacturers, importers and sellers have agreed to pay more than $500,000 in civil penalties for violating the federal lead paint ban.
The penalties settle allegations that the firms knowingly manufactured, imported, or sold toys and other children’s articles with paint or other surface coatings that contained lead levels in violation of federal law. The settlements have been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
These products were recalled in 2007 and 2008, and include items such as toys, children’s metal jewelry, children’s pens, metal water bottles, pencil pouches, sunglasses and children’s Halloween pails and baskets. Tests showed that paint or surface coatings on these children’s products contained lead in excess of 600 ppm, or 0.06 percent, by weight. One firm’s testing revealed that its products contained surface coatings with nearly 60 percent lead. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place which prohibited toys and other children’s articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paints or surface coatings. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health consequences.
CPSC has ordered the following firms to pay civil penalties to the federal government:
Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc., of Baltimore, Md., $100,000
Recall: #07-157 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07157.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_cardinal.pdf) (pdf)
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Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn., $100,000
Recalls: 08-007 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08007.html), #08-068 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08068.html), #08-080 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08080.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_dollar.pdf) (pdf)
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Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Matthews, N.C., $75,000
Recall: #08-051 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08051.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_family.pdf) (pdf)
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Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., of Oklahoma City, Okla., $50,000
Recalls: #08-084 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08084.html), #08-229 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08229.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_hobby.pdf) (pdf)
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First Learning Company Ltd., of Hong Kong, $50,000
Recalls: #08-141 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08141.html), #08-174 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08174.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_firstlearning.pdf) (pdf)
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Michaels Stores Inc., of Irving, Texas, $45,000
Recall: #08-248 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08248.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_michaels.pdf) (pdf)
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A&A Global Industries Inc., of ****eysville, Md., $40,000
Recall: #07-144 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07144.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_aa.pdf) (pdf)
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Raymond Geddes & Co, of Baltimore, Md., $40,000
Recall: #08-096 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08096.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_geddes.pdf) (pdf)
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Downeast Concepts Inc., of Yarmouth, Maine, $30,000
Recall: #08-231 (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08231.html)
Settlment Agreement (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09264_downeast.pdf) (pdf)
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In agreeing to settle the matters, the firms deny CPSC’s allegations that they knowingly violated the law.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07157b.jpg
Cardinal Distributing Co. Inc. Jewelry
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08068a.jpg
Dollar General Toy Cars
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08051.jpg
Family Dollar Halloween Pails
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08084c.jpg
Hobby Lobby Halloween Baskets