DOJ Announces Charges Against Two California Importers for Unsafe Toys
The Justice Department filed charges against two toy importers for violations of consumer product safety standards, it said on Oct. 6 (here). DOJ says that the Consumer Product Safety Commission sent Brightstar Group of Los Angeles and its owner, Sherry…
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Chen, nine letters between 2013 and 2015 detailing product safety violations in shipments of children’s products into Los Angeles. Meanwhile, CPSC sampling caught 39 shipments imported by Unik Toyz Trading Inc. of Los Angeles, and its owner, Julie Tran, and manager, Kiet Tran, also face charges. Most of the violative toys imported by each company were stopped at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and not sold to consumers, said DOJ. Both companies immediately agreed to settlements that prohibit them from importing and selling toys and children’s products “until the CPSC determines that the firm’s practices have come into compliance with the law and with various remedial measures set out in the decrees,” said DOJ. The proposed settlements must be approved in court, it said.