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Neptune Fireworks Company Agrees To Pay CPSC Civil Penalty

Release Date: May 01, 1995

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Neptune Fireworks Company Inc. of Dania, Fla., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $45,000 to settle allegations that it illegally imported over 8 million fireworks.

CPSC alleges that between April 14, 1991, and May 12, 1994, Neptune illegally imported for sale 8,116,614 firework devices that failed to comply with the CPSC's fireworks regulations. The agency accepted a settlement agreement negotiated with Neptune after CPSC, working with U.S. Customs agents, seized ten shipments of fireworks in Florida that allegedly failed to meet the regulations. None of the seized fireworks were distributed to retailers in the United States.

In agreeing to settle this matter, Neptune denies CPSC's allegations. The settlement agreement does not constitute a determination by CPSC nor an admission by Neptune that Neptune violated the agency's fireworks regulations.

Release Number
95-113

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