Company agrees to pay $2 million penalty for selling recalled products

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that Meijer, Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich., has agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle charges accusing the company of knowingly selling and distributing 12 different recalled consumer products. Between April 2010 and April 2011, around 1,700 units of recalled consumer products were resold to customers. The sale or distribution in commerce of a consumer product that is subject to voluntary correction action, such as a recall, that has been publicly announced and advised by the CPSC is against federal law. Meijer distributed the recalled products through a third party ... Read More