High Star Toys Inc. Fined $100,000 for Importing Hazardous Children's Products
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NEWS from CPSC

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 10, 2000
Release # 00-050 		CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052

High Star Toys Inc. Fined $100,000 for Importing Hazardous Children's Products

WASHINGTON, D.C. - % (CPSC) announced today that High Star Toys Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif., will pay a civil penalty of $100,000 for importing children's toys and art materials that violated federal safety standards for labeling and small parts. The company also has signed a court order prohibiting it from introducing or delivering for introduction into interstate commerce any toy or other article intended for use by children that is a mislabeled hazardous substance.

The Federal Hazardous Substances Act requires that toys or other articles intended for use by children must be properly labeled. CPSC charges that from September 1995 through August 1999, High Star imported for sale more than 55,000 units of toys and art materials, including toy telephones that had small parts without proper warning labels on them, and stamp sets that were not labeled to identify their hazardous ingredients. Products were stopped at the docks or at High Star's warehouse.

In settling the case, High Star Toys denied CPSC's claims. CPSC Chairman Ann Brown said, "This case will alert companies of the importance of proper labeling for children's products. We will use the tools provided by law to protect the safety of American children."

This is not the first time that High Star Toys has violated CPSC regulations and paid a penalty. In 1995, High Star paid a $45,000 civil penalty for importing toys with small parts. This previous consent decree remains in full effect and is not diminished or terminated by today's court order.