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Bee International Inc. To Pay Civil Penalty To CPSC

Release Date: November 04, 1994

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it has accepted a $65,000 civil penalty settlement from Bee International Inc. of Chula Vista, Calif., an importer and distributor of toys and novelty and confectionery items. CPSC alleges that between October 9, 1991, and February 23, 1994, Bee illegally imported for sale plastic acrobatic animal toys containing small parts that could injure young children.

Bee imported a total 337,320 banned toys in violation of the CPSC's Small Parts Regulation. CPSC also alleges that Bee exported 108,000 plastic acrobatic animal toys to Aruba in October 1993 in violation of the CPSC's export regulations. In cooperation with CPSC, Bee voluntarily removed the violative toys from the marketplace.

In 1994, CPSC collected $325,000 in penalties from importers of hazardous toys and with the help of U.S. Customs seized approximately 500,000 toys as they were being imported.

Release Number
95-022

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