CPSC Says It Stopped Half Million Defective Imports
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), working with U.S. Customs and Border Prevention prevented more than half a million violative and hazardous imported products from reaching the hands of consumers in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 (October to December 2011), CPSC said. The two agencies screened more than 2,900 imported shipments at ports of entry into the U.S. in the quarter, it said.
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Children's products containing levels of lead exceeding the federal limits, toys and other articles with small parts that present a choking hazard for children younger than 3 years old, and toys and child care articles with banned phthalates topped the list of stopped items, CPSC said. Other items included defective and dangerous hair dryers, lamps and holiday lights.
* The following list includes only seizures which violate a federal mandatory standard. Additional products found to be defective or violative of a federal safety rule were also seized but are not listed below due to restrictions on reporting certain information in Section 6 of the CPSA and the delay in record updates.