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Article: Fourteen Firms Agree to Pay More than $1 Million in Civil Penalties for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children's Outerwear

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April 7, 2009
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Contact: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Media Contact, +1-301- 504-7908

WASHINGTON, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that 14 firms have agreed to pay a total of $1,055,000 in civil penalties.

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The penalties settle allegations that the firms knowingly failed to report to the CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that children's hooded sweatshirts or jackets they sold had drawstrings at the hood and/or neck. Children's upper outerwear with drawstrings, including sweatshirts or jackets, pose a strangulation hazard that can ...

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