CBP, CPSC Seize More than 150,000 Hazardous Toys, 15,000 Counterfeit Knives in Baltimore
CBP officers and Consumer Product Safety Commission investigators confiscated more than 156,000 hazardous toys and over 15,000 counterfeit folding knives at the Port of Baltimore in two separate shipments during September and December 2014, CBP said on Feb. 6. CPSC…
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determined the toys contained lead and controlled phthalates at levels that are harmful to children, said CBP. In 2008, CPSC lowered the acceptable level of lead to 0.009 percent in paint and other surface coatings. The agency also bans the sale, import or distribution of toys that contain more than 0.1 percent of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), the statement said. The knife imports came from China, and CBP said the retail value of the products would total nearly $190,000 if they were authentic.