Injury Law Blog and News » Toys http://www.lieffcabraserblogs.com/injurylaw Product Recall, Consumer Safety, and Personal Injury Litigation News and Commentary from National Plaintiffs' Law Firm Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:26:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Target settles CPSC allegations of selling toys with lead paint in $600,000 fine http://www.lieffcabraserblogs.com/injurylaw/2009/10/02/target-settles-cpsc-allegations-of-selling-toys-with-lead-paint-in-600000-fine/ http://www.lieffcabraserblogs.com/injurylaw/2009/10/02/target-settles-cpsc-allegations-of-selling-toys-with-lead-paint-in-600000-fine/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:30:05 +0000 admin http://www.lieffcabraserblogs.com/injurylaw/?p=274 The LA Times reports that Target Corp. has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for allegedly violating the federal lead paint ban for toys, the Consumer Products Safety Commission said.  The civil penalty is a part of a settlement between the Commission and the Minneapolis, Minn., retailer that stems from accusations by the agency that Target knowingly imported and sold multiple toys with paint or other coatings containing illegal amounts of lead from May 2006 to August 2007.

Target voluntarily recalled the toys in question, including Anima Bamboo Collection Games, Happy Giddy Gardening Tools, Kool Toyz and Sunny Patch Chairs, the agency said.

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