CPSC Seeks Comments on $1M Spin Master Fine for Importing Toxic Dots, Not Reporting
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a previously announced provisional settlement agreement with a penalty of $1.3 million against Spin Master, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, and Spin Master Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. The agreement would settle allegations that the company failed to immediately report a defect and hazard associated with its Aqua Dots product, as required by federal law. It would also resolve allegations that the company knowingly imported and sold Aqua Dots, which were toxic and a banned hazardous substance, in violation of federal law. In agreeing to the settlement, Spin Master denies CPSC staff allegations that it knowingly violated the law.
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CPSC seeks comments by November 18, 2011 on whether to accept the settlement agreement.
(See ITT's Online Archives 11102810 for summary of CPSC announcing that Spin Master had agreed to the $1.3 million fine and CPSC had provisionally accepted the settlement.)