Final
Record of Commission Action
(Briefing package dated May 20, 2016, OS No. 3045)
Decision
The Commission voted (3-2) to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order, which orders Teavana Corporation (“Teavana”) to pay a civil penalty of $3.75 million and to take other remedial actions. The provisional Settlement Agreement and Final Order will be announced in a Federal Register Notice. The Compliance Division staff of the Office of the General Counsel negotiated the proposed agreement to settle staff allegations that Teavana knowingly violated section 19(a)(4) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”) by filing to timely report that Teavana Glass Tea Tumblers can explode, shatter or break during normal use. Consumers can be cut by broken glass or burned by hot liquid inside a Tumbler when it breaks. Section 20(a)(1) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2069(a)(1), permits the imposition of civil penalties for any person who knowingly violates prohibited acts.
Chairman Kaye, Commissioner Adler and Commissioner Robinson voted to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner Buerkle and Commissioner Mohorovic voted to reject the Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner Mohorovic issued the attached statement regarding this matter.
Commissioners Voting
*Ballot vote due May 26, 2016
- Chairman Elliot F. Kaye
- Commissioner Robert S. Adler
- Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle
- Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic
- Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson
Attachment: Statement of Commissioner Mohorovic