CPSC probes into ‘deadly baby and toddler products’

September 5, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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NATIONWIDE — TWO CHINESE-BASED DISCOUNT E-COMMERCE websites are under investigation by the U.S. Government for selling “dangerous baby products,” CNN reported. The Consumer Products Safety Commission issued a joint statement on Wednesday, Sept. 4 asking its staff to examine how the e-commerce firms Shein and Temu comply with U.S. safety regulations, although the directive isn’t limited to those two companies.

Commissioners Peter A. Feldman and Douglas Dziak noted that “recent media reports that deadly baby and toddler products are easy to find on these platforms,” and that “thousands of Chinese factories and vendors have joined the supply chain for Shein and Temu, whose popularity has exploded in the U.S. with their offers of inexpensive made-in-China goods… We seek to better understand these firms, particularly their focus on low-value direct-to-consumer shipments and the enforcement challenges when firms with little or no U.S. presence distribute consumer products through these platforms.” They have directed agency staff to “investigate the companies’ safety and compliance controls; relationships with third-party sellers and consumers; and any representations they make when products are imported.”

The Commissioners stated that, “To the extent a platform falls outside the Commission’s reach, policymakers must understand where gaps exist and how best to address them. Likewise, the Commission must better understand what enforcement challenges exist with respect to foreign third-party sellers.”

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