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CPSC Approves $3.9 Million Penalty and Imposition of Compliance Program for National Retail Chain

By Chuck Samuels, Matt Howsare and Matthew Cohen on in Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Consumer Products, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

A unanimous U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) announced that Ross Stores Inc. (“Ross”), a national discount retailer, agreed to pay a $3.9 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it failed to report its continued sale of banned children’s upper outerwear containing drawstrings. In addition to paying…

CPSC Proposes Significant Amendments to Certificates of Conformity Rule

By Matthew Cohen on in Consumer Products, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Federal Regulations

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) recently proposed to substantially alter its 2008 regulation governing the form and contents of certificates of compliance for consumer products. Commonly referred to as “GCCs” within the retail and manufacturing industries, certificates of compliance are used to establish a product’s compliance…