Filed under: Consumer Ally, Recalls, Consumer Protection, Saving
Meijer, which operates more than 200 stores, mainly in the Midwest, continued to sell a variety of consumer products that were branded as dangerous -- including lamps and fans that can start fires, high chairs that collapse, and an infant sling implicated in three deaths.
It's against federal law to sell a product whose recall has been announced by the CPSC. The CPSC said its investigation found that Meijer stores sold about 1,700 such items to consumers.
The privately held company, which didn't admit wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement, said that it relied on a third-party contractor to ensure that recalled products were not distributed to its stores, and believed that safeguards were in place that should have prevented the continued sale of recalled products. Meijer has agreed to put its own system in place to ensure that recalled products are removed from its stores and supply line.
Meijer stores sold the recalled products between April 2010 and April 2011, the CPSC said.
Among the recalled products Meijer sold were:
- Discovery Kids Animated Marine and Safari Lamps imported by Innovage;
- SlingRider Baby Slings manufactured by Infantino;
- Hoover WindTunnel T-Series Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaners with Cord Rewind Feature imported by Hoover;
- Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles manufactured by Fisher-Price;
- Little People Wheelies Stand 'n Play Rampways imported by Fisher Price;
- Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquariums imported by Fisher-Price;
- Bathtub Subs imported by Munchkin;
- Refreshing Rings Infant Teethers/Rattles imported by Sassy;
- Touch Point Oscillating Ceramic Heater;
- Harmony High Chair manufactured by Graco Children's Products;
- Random Orbit Sander manufactured by Black & Decker; and
- Box Fans manufactured by Lasko.
