US sues Amazon for selling dangerous products Share Updated: 2:08 PM CDT Jul 15, 2021 Chris Isidore, CNN Bess Adler/Bloomberg/Getty Images A package pass a scanner while moving along a conveyor at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in New Jersey, U.S., in June 2018. The USCPSC says Amazon is selling hazardous products to its customers. The federal safety watchdog is suing Amazon to stop. SOURCE: Bess Adler/Bloomberg/Getty Images
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 2:08 PM CDT Jul 15, 2021 Chris Isidore, CNN The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says Amazon is selling hazardous products to its customers. The federal safety watchdog is suing Amazon to stop.Among the products cited in the suit are carbon monoxide detectors that fail to alarm, numerous children s pajamas that could catch fire and nearly 400
The United States has filed a lawsuit against the world s number one online retailer, Amazon accusing the e-commerce giants of selling hazardous products to its customers.
Among the products cited in the suit are carbon monoxide detectors that fail to alarm, numerous children s pajamas that could catch fire and nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could electrocute people if dropped in water.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC ), Amazon has to take responsibility for the safety of customers that come on their site.
The products cited are not sold directly by Amazon (AMZN) they re sold by third parties using Amazon s platform. Many of those companies that sold the dangerous products cited by CPSC are foreign, and the CPSC has limited ability to force a recall of their products if they are found to be hazardous.
On July 14, 2021, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a press release that said: “CPSC Sues Amazon to Force Recall of Hazardous Products Sold on Amazon.com.”
The press release made various charges about potentially dangerous products, saying that “Amazon is legally responsible to recall them.”
CPSC Sues Amazon to Force Recall of Hazardous Products Sold on Amazon.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today filed an administrative complaint against Amazon.com, the world’s largest retailer, to force Amazon to accept responsibility for recalling potentially hazardous products sold on Amazon.com.
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