Fisher Price, Mattel To Pay $2.3 Million For Lead Paint In Toys

Toy-maker Mattel and its subsidiary, Fisher Price, will pay $2.3 million in civil penalties for importing and distributing toys with excessive levels of lead paint within the U.S. The financial penalty, part of a settlement between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the toy manufacturers, is the largest in CPSC's history for importing or distributing regulated products. It's the third-highest penalty of any kind for CPSC, and the highest toy-related penalty. The U.S. has federal regulations on lead content in toys, which Mattel and Fisher Price violated in 2006 and 2007 by bringing hundreds of thousands of toys, maybe more than a million toys, containing too-high levels of lead into the country for sale. Mattel's response to the penalties indicated that the company has since revamped their compliance procedures to ensure the safety of their imported toys. As part of this settlement, Mattel and Fisher Price deny that they knowingly violated federal lead regulations.

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