The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) is making an impact on importers. Not only has this law tasked toy importers with strict new testing requirements and more specific chemical restrictions (lead and phthalates), but it has also increased the penalties for those who break the rules.
This week the Miami Herald reported that two Florida importers were arrested and charged with conspiring to import toys that violated the U.S. lead (Pb) and other banned substances requirements.
The corporations involved:
- LM Import-Export
- Lam’s Investment Corporation
- LK Toys Corporation
- Jung Lam (age 55)
- Kit Yeung (age 37)
Apparently this is not their first brush with the law. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Lam and Leung have “conspired to distribute children’s toys that posed risks of choking, aspiration and ingestion.” Those cases included lead limit, small part and counterfeit product violations. The defendants are also suspected of falsifying information on custom declaration forms.
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