Amazon is sued the American Consumer Product Safety Committee (CPSC) after the agency said it is responsible for calling all dangerous products on the market, including those sold by third parties. in A lawsuit was filed last weekAmazon CPSC is accused of extending the Consumer Safety Law by dealing with the e -commerce giant as a distributor instead of a logistical provider.
the A lawsuit against CPSC Amazon was filed in 2021In claiming that the company has failed to call tens of thousands of dangerous elements, including flammable children’s pajamas and wrong carbon monoxide detectors. Although Amazon removed the products concerned and sent notifications to buyers, CPSC claimed that she was “reduced the severity of the danger.” CPSC later confirmed The decision of the Administrative Law that Amazon is distributed, which makes it responsible for carrying out the calls of third -party commodities.
But Amazon classifies itself as a third -party logistics equipped “not to manufacture, sell or sell these products”, which means that CPSC does not have the power to issue calls for the company. It also claims that the CPSC structure is unconstitutional, saying that it allows the commissioners to “behave as the judge, the jury, and the prosecutor in the same procedure.” Amazon launched the product call page On its website in 2023.
“The law is clear that Amazon is” distributed “in this case and it must be carried out.” He said in a response to the lawsuit. “It is absurd to suggest that since the company hosts an online market, it must be exempt from reasonable requirements that help remove dangerous products from people’s homes and prevent them from selling them.”
