The US Client Product Security Fee has that Amazon is accountable for hazardous or faulty merchandise bought by third-party retailers by means of its platform. The CPSC unanimously determined that greater than 400,000 merchandise bought by means of the Fulfilled by Amazon program symbolize a “substantial product hazard,” and that the tech large is legally accountable for their recall. It additionally mentioned that Amazon did not correctly notify patrons in regards to the defective merchandise and didn’t encourage patrons to return or destroy these objects.
At present’s determination is a number of years within the making, with the CPSC suing Amazon in July 2021. This investigation centered on carbon monoxide detectors that didn’t operate appropriately, hair dryers that didn’t have electrocution safeguards and kids’s sleepwear that didn’t meet federal flammability requirements. Underneath the choice and order issued by the company, Amazon should submit plans to inform prospects about these defective merchandise and take steps for getting them returned or destroyed.
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The Division of Justice took comparable actions in opposition to eBay in current months. In September 2023, after environmentally unsafe supplies have been put up on the market on the retailer, and in January 2024, the corporate paid for a DoJ settlement over tablet press machines.
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