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Article: $860,000 fines for dangerous baby walkers and cot.
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- October 19, 2006
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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 October 2006-ACCC: $860,000 fines for dangerous baby walkers and cot(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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A specialist nursery retailer has been fined $860,000, convicted of breaching a mandatory consumer product safety standard for baby walkers and convicted of misrepresenting the cot's compliance with the Australian standard.
"Skippy Australia Pty Ltd supplied goods nationally from its warehouse premises in Cheltenham, Victoria and through its website (www.babygoodsaustralia.com.au) and on the Australian eBay auction website", ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today.
The Commonwealth Director of Public ...