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Article: Acting Chairman Moore presses for end to cap on civil penalties.(Thomas Moore of Consumer Product Safety Commission)
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- CPSC Monitor
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Acting CPSC Chairman Thomas Moore recently surprised some observers by calling on Congress to lift the existing legal cap on the amount of civil penalties that CPSC can impose on a product manufacturer or distributor. Moore made the comments addressing the ninth annual meeting of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 28.
The current limit on civil penalties is a maximum of $1.65 million. The penalties may be imposed if a company fails to report to CPSC in a timely manner about a product hazard. [1]
ICPHSO is a forum for government, industry and consumer groups to come together to address ...