The United States (US) Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court in California to issue an injunction shutting down the importation and sales activities of four California companies and six individuals in connection with their imports of illegal children’s products containing, among other things, lead, phthalates and small parts inappropriate for children under age three. DOJ filed the injunction action in the Central District of California at the request of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC determined through an investigation that the defendants imported various items into the United States in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA).
The violative products were:
- motorized and “pull-back” toy cars with impermissible lead content and small parts hazards;
- toy musical instruments with small parts hazards;
- dolls containing impermissible levels of lead and phthalates;
- rattles that failed to meet the infant rattle standards;
- toy cars with impermissible lead content or small parts hazards;
- a toy telephone with small parts hazards;
- plastic dolls with impermissible phthalate levels
- children’s products and toys with illegal levels of total lead content;
- toys intended for children under three years of age that contained small parts;
- infant rattles that may cause choking or suffocation; and
- a children’s kitchen set and police set that both exceeded the lead content limit.
CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler said, “Manufacturers, importers and retailers need to know that CPSC and the Justice Department are actively enforcing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, a law that has strengthened the nation’s product safety net.”
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