A top U.S. consumer safety agency says it's the responsibility of Amazon to recall unsafe products listed for sale on its website by third-party sellers. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a decision on Tuesday that the retail giant qualifies as a "distributor" and therefore bears a legal responsibility for recalling dangerous products and informing customers and the public.
Tuesday's decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the CPSC against Amazon in 2021 over a slew of products offered on the retailer's website that the agency found to be unsafe, including children's sleepwear that didn't meet federal flammability standards, carbon monoxide detectors that failed to detect carbon monoxide, and hair dryers that didn't protect against electrocution when immersed in water.
In its decision, the CPSC criticized Amazon's response, saying that the company's messages to buyers about the unsafe products didn't include the word 'recall' and lacked other critical information, and Amazon didn't adequately incentivize consumers to return or destroy the dangerous products.
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