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U.S. CPSC December 18, 2008	CPSC & Target Announce New In-Store Recall Notification System Through the kiosk system, guests in Target stores will have easy access to notices of new or past recalls for all product categories and can print copies of safety and recall notices to take with them.
U.S. CPSC October 19, 2004	CPSC Corrects the Record on Consumer Reports Story Consumer Reports falsely asserted that it found 48 consumer products that violated CPSC safety standards. Based on an analysis of information from Consumers Union, CPSC technical experts have concluded that at least 34 of the products listed by Consumer Reports do not violate any CPSC standard.
U.S. CPSC November 14, 2006	List of Top Holiday Safety Tips Released CPSC, AARP ask consumers to pay attention to age labels.
U.S. CPSC April 14, 2004	CPSC, National Safety Organizations Announce Resale Round-Up 2004 CPSC is joining forces with the National Safe Kids Campaign, The Danny Foundation, and the National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops (NARTS) to stop the resale of dangerous products.
U.S. CPSC August 31, 2010	CPSC Makes Recall Data Available Electronically to Businesses, 3rd Party Developers The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is making its product safety information on all recalls available in an electronic data set for use by businesses and software and application developers.
U.S. CPSC November 20, 2007	CPSC Delivers the ABC's of Toy Safety Knowing your ABC's of toy safety will make for happy holidays.
U.S. CPSC March 10, 2008	CPSC Continues Community Outreach and Education Caregivers and consumers in New York City and across the country now have an easy way to keep their families safe in their homes.
U.S. CPSC December 28, 2006	CPSC Takes Step Forward In Effort to Protect Children From Hazardous Metal Jewelry The U.S. CPSC unanimously approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to a ban of children's metal jewelry that has more than 0.06 percent of total lead.
U.S. CPSC October 27, 2005	CPSC Logs Record Year For Recalls, Civil Penalties, and Reports of Dangerous Products CPSC obtained the voluntary recall of 397 consumer products in fiscal year 2005. This figure represents the highest number of recalls for the agency in 10 years and includes the highest annual total ever for products not covered by a mandatory safety standard.
U.S. CPSC April 22, 2008	Eight Firms Agree To Pay $320,000 For Failing To Timely Report Drawstrings In Children's Outerwear Federal law requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to report to CPSC immediately (within 24 hours) after obtaining information that a product contains a defect which could create a substantial risk of injury.
U.S. CPSC April 17, 2002	CPSC Announces Recall Round-Up of Deadly Products Despite recall notices and public warnings, CPSC believes that many products with the potential to seriously injure or kill are still being used by consumers...
U.S. CPSC March 9, 2011	Ms. Bubbles Agrees to Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings on Children's Jackets The penalty agreement settles staff allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report to the CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that its children's hooded jackets were sold with drawstrings through the hood.
U.S. CPSC December 15, 2006	Black Dog Tavern Company Fined for Failing to Report Sales of Previously Recalled Children's Sweatshirts The children's hooded sweatshirts had drawstrings that pose a strangulation hazard.
U.S. CPSC July 8, 2004	CPSC Announces Recall of Metal Toy Jewelry Sold in Vending Machines Four toy jewelry importers announced the voluntary recall of 150 million pieces of toy jewelry sold in vending machines across America. Some of this toy jewelry contains dangerous levels of lead, posing a risk of lead poisoning to children.
U.S. CPSC January 31, 2008	Vornado Trust to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Defects and Hazards with Electric Heaters The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that a liquidating trust acting on behalf of a now-dissolved manufacturer of heaters has agreed to pay the government a $500,000 civil penalty.
U.S. CPSC November 23, 2008	Major Retailer Agrees to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Hazardous Outdoor Candles CPSC alleged that IKEA failed to report to the government in a timely manner that outdoor candles it sold could unexpectedly flare up and pose fire and burn injury hazards to consumers when they attempted to extinguish the candles by blowing them out.
U.S. CPSC April 7, 2009	Fourteen Firms Agree to Pay More than $1 Million in Civil Penalties for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Outerwear The garments were eventually recalled as appropriate.
U.S. CPSC November 12, 2008	Shop CPSC Toy Safety Tips Before Shopping for Holiday Gifts The CPSC issued its annual holiday safety messages to remind parents to be diligent when making holiday shopping choices.
U.S. CPSC November 30, 2005	Federal Agencies Working to Keep Children Safe from Dangerous Toys -- Advise Consumers to Shop Smart for Appropriate-Age Gifts for Youngsters While the government is doing its part to protect young children from hazardous toys, parents and grandparents can contribute to their families safety by being educated shoppers.
U.S. CPSC July 17, 2009	Haier America to Pay More Than $500,000 Civil Penalty The company has also recalled 150,000 oscillating tower fans due to a fire hazard.
U.S. CPSC May 14, 2009	HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard The recalled lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC October 21, 2008	Infant Death Prompts Recall To Repair 600,000 Drop Side Cribs By Delta Enterprise; Spring Peg Failure Can Cause Entrapment and Suffocation Hazards The crib's drop side can detach when the spring peg is not engaged, which can cause an entrapment and suffocation risk to infants and toddlers.
U.S. CPSC September 12, 2006	CPSC Warns about TV, Large Furniture Tip-Over Dangers More than 100 deaths have been reported since 2000; most involve young children.
U.S. CPSC October 6, 2004	CPSC Targets Vulnerable, Hard-to-Reach Populations - Stratton Tells Congress About Toy and Child Product Safety Actions The CPSC chairman told the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection that agency continues to enforce standards, announce recalls, and prevent deaths and injuries from rising.
U.S. CPSC July 25, 2002	Snail Pull Toy Recalled by BRIO Corporation and Small World Toys The eyes on the pull toy can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
U.S. CPSC September 30, 2008	Data Shows Unstable TVs, Furniture and Appliances Pose Deadly Danger to Children To help prevent tip-over hazards, the CPSC recommends the following safety tips.
U.S. CPSC January 11, 2010	CPSC Approves Final Rule on Guidelines for Mandatory Recall Notices The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission unanimously approved a new rule setting guidelines and requirements for information in mandatory recall notices.
U.S. CPSC August 6, 2009	CPSC Launches Resale Round-up Campaign to Keep Dangerous Recalled Products Out of Resale Stores and Off the Internet The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced its Top Ten list of recalled children's products as part of the agency's "Resale Round-up" campaign.
U.S. CPSC April 19, 2007	Magnetix Magnetic Building Set Recall Expanded If a child swallows more than one tiny powerful magnet detached from the plastic building pieces or one such magnet and a metallic object, the objects can attract to each other inside the intestines and cause perforations and/or blockage, which can be fatal, if not treated immediately.
U.S. CPSC August 3, 2011	Black & Decker Agrees to $960,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Defective Grasshog XP Weed Trimmer/Edgers The U.S. CPSC announced that Black & Decker has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $960,000 to resolve allegations that Black & Decker knowingly failed to report several safety defects and hazards with the Grasshog XP immediately to CPSC.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Lowry & Woellert	More Paper Tiger Than Watchdog? The consumer product safety agency is overwhelmed and underfunded.
U.S. CPSC December 3, 2008	Major Apparel Retailer To Pay a $60,000 Civil Penalty For Failure To Report Drawstrings In Children's Outerwear The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that Nordstrom Inc. has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report that its children's hooded jackets and sweaters were sold with drawstrings at the hood and neck.
U.S. CPSC September 22, 2006	Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers The recall responds to reports that a 19-month-old boy and a 2-year-old boy suffocated when oversized, plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became lodged in their throats.
U.S. CPSC July 2, 2009	Simplicity Drop Side Cribs Recalled by Retailers Due to Risk of Death from Suffocation The crib's plastic hardware can break or deform, causing the drop side to detach. When the drop side detaches, it creates space between the drop side and the crib mattress. Infants and toddlers can roll into this space and become entrapped which can lead to suffocation.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Kohl's Department Stores Agrees to Pay $425,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced today that Kohl's Department Stores Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to resolve allegations that Kohl's knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that children's hooded sweatshirts it sold had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC July 26, 2007	Tree Stand Manufacturer Sued For Late Reporting of Injuries To the Government The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today the filing of a lawsuit Ardisam Inc. for delaying the report of serious injuries with the Big Foot and Lite Foot Series hunting tree stands.
U.S. CPSC July 5, 2002	California Company Agrees To $140,000 Fine For Importing Illegal Children's Toys
U.S. CPSC September 22, 2009	`CPSC 2.0' Launches Product Safety Agency into Social Media: Consumers to Be Informed of Important Safety Issues Faster and More Frequently The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching "CPSC 2.0," a comprehensive social networking initiative that will make lifesaving and other safety information more accessible to consumers.
U.S. CPSC February 12, 2008	Consumer Alert: Fire Hazard with Remote-Controlled Helicopters and Airplanes Playing with remote-controlled helicopters and airplanes can be fun, but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is concerned about an emerging fire hazard from the battery technology being used with these toys.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	CPSC Joins President Obama's Back-to-School Campaign As a new school year gets underway, President Obama launched a major back-to-school campaign today aimed at keeping kids in the classroom.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2010	Pro-Pac Distributing Corp. Agrees to Pay $125,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced that Pro-Pac Distributing Corp. has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $125,000 for knowingly failing to report to CPSC immediately that two different children's hooded sweatshirts it imported and distributed had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC June 13, 2002	Outdoor Tabletop Propane Heaters Recalled by Brinkmann The heaters can emit high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), which poses a risk of CO poisoning to consumers.
U.S. CPSC January 10, 2008	Hunting Tree Stand Manufacturer Agrees To Pay $420,000 Civil Penalty The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that a Wisconsin-based tree stand manufacturer has agreed to pay the government a $420,000 civil penalty for failing to immediately report serious injuries to hunters with its Big Foot and Lite Foot series hunting tree stands.
U.S. CPSC August 10, 2006	CPSC Reminds Parents to Keep Safety in Mind When Sending Children Back To School Watch for drawstrings on children's clothing... Buy the right bicycle helmet... How to spot safe playgrounds... Secure soccer goals... Buy standardized art supplies...
U.S. CPSC December 3, 2010	Winter Bee Agrees to $200,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Sweatshirts The penalty settlement, which has been accepted provisionally by the Commission, provides that Winter Bee must pay $40,000 of the $200,000 penalty.
U.S. CPSC August 15, 2007	Cpsc Urges Parents to Help Children Avoid Injuries as They Head Back to School Your kids may already know their ABCs, but do you know the ABCs of keeping your children safe as they head back to school?
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Firms Agree to Pay $85,000 in Civil Penalties for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Outerwear The U.S. CPSC announced today that Maran Inc. and K.S. Trading Corp. have agreed to pay a total of $85,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations that the firms knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately that children's hooded sweatshirts or jackets they sold had drawstrings at the neck.
U.S. CPSC October 10, 2002	Caterpillar Pull Toy Recalled by BRIO Corporation The antenna on the pull toy can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
U.S. CPSC September 8, 2009	Hill Sportswear Agrees To Pay $100,000 Civil Penalty For Failing To Report Drawstrings In Children's Sweatshirts The U.S. CPSC announced today that Hill Sportswear Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 to resolve allegations that Hill Sportswear knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately that children's hooded sweatshirts it manufactured and sold had drawstrings at the neck.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2007 Rich Duprey	Hasbro's Self-Serving PSA The toy maker is advertising its lack of lead-related recalls, but that is only half the picture. In this tough retail environment, Hasbro is looking for a way to separate itself from the crowd. Investors, take note.