Amazon is being held responsible by a federal agency for distributing 400,000 products that are defective or do not meet safety standards.
Amazon is responsible for recalling hundreds of thousands of hazardous third-party products that were sold on the global e-commerce company's website, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday. The 400,000 products subject to recall due to being defective or not meeting federal consumer product safety standards include faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protection and children's sleepwear that did not meet flammability standards.
The CPSC sued Amazon in July 2021, forcing the company to recall hundreds of thousands of hazardous products sold on its platform. In response, Amazon had removed a "vast majority" of such products from its store and refunded customers, but said it only provides logistics services to independent merchants and is not a distributor. Late last year, the agency warned consumers to stop using toy magnets from Chinese seller Doraemon, which were being sold on Amazon.
Amazon is not the only retailer that has come under fire for selling products that are not safety certified. Last November, both Amazon and Walmart were called out by New York Fire Department Commissioner Laura Kavanagh after a non-safety certified lithium-ion e-scooter battery was determined to be the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of three family members. Reuters contributed to this report.
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