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Article: TGH International Trading to Pay $31,500 for Violating Federal Safety Law.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- September 5, 2009
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that TGH International Trading Inc. (TGH), of Los Angeles, Calif., has agreed to pay a $31,500 civil penalty to settle allegations that the company knowingly imported and sold toys that did not meet the requirements of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The penalty has been provisionally accepted by the Commission.
TGH imported more than 11,000 toys into the United States between March 2005 and June 2006. These toys contained small parts that presented choking and aspiration hazards to young children. Through port inspections and the investigative work of CPSC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...