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Los Angeles firm settles hazardous toys allegations

By W.J. Hennigan
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A Los Angeles firm agreed to pay $31,500 to settle allegations that it imported and sold toys that were hazardous to young children.

TGH International Trading Inc. brought more than 11,000 toys into the U.S. between March 2005 and June 2006 containing small parts that presented a choking hazard to kids. Many of the hazardous toys were seized at the Port of Long Beach by federal officials before they could reach store shelves.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said today that it wasn’t aware of any incidents or injuries involving toys that were distributed.

TGH refused to comment on the settlement. But in agreeing to pay the $31,500 civil penalty, the company denied that it violated federal law.

-- W.J. Hennigan

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W.J. Hennigan

W.J. Hennigan covered the Pentagon and national security issues from Washington, D.C., before leaving the Los Angeles Times bureau in November 2017. While there, he reported on war, counter-terrorism, and the lives of American service members from more than two dozen countries and previously covered the aerospace and defense industry from Los Angeles. Hennigan earned awards from the National Press Club, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and was a contributor to the Los Angeles Times coverage of the terror attacks in San Bernardino that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016.

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