![]() This Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between the staff (the “staff”) of the U.S. End Signature In the Matter of: Mega Brands America, Inc. The text of the Agreement and Order appears below. End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Michelle Faust Gillice, Trial Attorney, Division of Compliance, Office of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408 telephone (301) 504-7667. Start Further Info FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to comment on this Settlement Agreement should send written comments to the Comment 09-C0018, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4408. DATES:Īny interested person may ask the Commission not to accept this agreement or otherwise comment on its contents by filing a written request with the Office of the Secretary by May 11, 2009. f/k/a Rose Art Industries, Inc., containing a civil penalty of $1,100,000.00. Published below is a provisionally accepted Settlement Agreement with Mega Brands America, Inc. It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of. Provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.Ĭonsumer Product Safety Commission. Rendition of the daily Federal Register on does not Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML Legal research should verify their results against an official edition of The official SGML-based PDF version on, those relying on it for The material on is accurately displayed, consistent with While every effort has been made to ensure that Regulatory information on with the objective ofĮstablishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status.įor complete information about, and access to, our official publications ![]() Informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal This prototype edition of theĭaily Federal Register on will remain an unofficial Each document posted on the site includes a link to theĬorresponding official PDF file on. The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official It is not an official legal edition of the Federal The Consumer Product Safety Commission said consumers should stop using the sets and return them to Rose Art for a free replacement product.This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the dailyįederal Register. of Livingston, N.J.Īttempts to reach the company by telephone Thursday after business hours were unsuccessful. The Chinese-made sets were imported by Rose Art Industries Inc. The toys were sold from September 2003 through March 2006 at Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, Fred Meyer, Design Science Toys Ltd., A.C. Some plastic building pieces have ``Magnetix″ printed on them. The building pieces are red, yellow, blue and green and are shaped in 1 1/2-inch squares, 1-inch triangles and cylindrical rods. The sets contain 20 to 200 plastic building pieces and 20 to 100 half-inch diameter steel balls. Should a child ingest more than one of the magnets, the magnets can clump together and pierce or block the intestines. The magnets are fitted inside the plastic building pieces and rods but can fall out, posing a danger to children who inhale or swallow them. ``We want to make these companies think twice the next time they are tempted to put profits before the lives of innocent children.″ ``However welcome the CPSC’s action is, it does not end the nightmare,″ said Sim Osborn, an attorney for three families who are filing civil suits against the makers of Magnetix. ![]() And a 5-year-old boy inhaled two magnets that had to be surgically removed from his lungs. Three other children, between the ages of 3 and 8, suffered intestinal perforations that required surgery and hospitalization in intensive care. The commission said it has received reports of 34 incidents involving the small magnets included in the Magnetix magnetic building sets, including the X-treme Combo, Micro and Extreme versions.Ī 20-month-old boy died after he swallowed magnets that twisted his small intestine and created a blockage, federal officials said. WASHINGTON (AP) _ One child died and four others suffered serious injuries after swallowing tiny magnets found in building sets sold nationwide, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday in announcing a recall of 3.8 million of the toy kits. ![]()
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