Skip to main content

Excelligence Learning Corp. to Pay $25,000 Civil Penalty Due to Violation of Lead Paint Ban

Release Date: December 04, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Excelligence Learning Corp, of Monterey, Calif. DBA Discount School Supply has agreed to pay a $25,000 civil penalty for allegedly violating the federal lead paint ban. The penalty settlement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission.

The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Excelligence imported more than 33,000 units of children’s products that contained lead paint above the 0.06 percent legal limit at different intervals between August 2000 and August 2007. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place which prohibited toys and other children’s articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paints or surface coatings. As a result of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the regulatory limit was reduced to 0.009 percent on August 14, 2009. These products were recalled in November 2007, December 2007 and January 2008.

In agreeing to the settlement, Excelligence denies that it knowingly violated federal law, as alleged by CPSC staff.

 

Excelligence Learning Corp. to Pay $25,000 Civil Penalty Due to Violation of Lead Paint BanaExcelligence Learning Corp. to Pay $25,000 Civil Penalty Due to Violation of Lead Paint Banb

 

Excelligence Learning Corp. to Pay $25,000 Civil Penalty Due to Violation of Lead Paint BancExcelligence Learning Corp. to Pay $25,000 Civil Penalty Due to Violation of Lead Paint Band

Release Number
10-055

About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Since the CPSC was established more than 50 years ago, it has worked to ensure the safety of consumer products, which has contributed to a decline in injuries associated with these products. 

Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.

For lifesaving information:

Media Contact

Please use the below phone number for all media requests.

Phone: (301) 504-7908
Spanish: (301) 504-7800

View CPSC contacts for specific areas of expertise

Report an unsafe product