Schylling to Pay Penalty to CSPC
By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 2/8/2010 7:41:00 AM
Washington, DC – Tin toys vendor Schylling Associates Inc., of Rowley, MA, has agreed to pay a $200,000 
civil penalty, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.
The penalty settlement, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, resolves staff allegations that the company violated the federal lead paint ban regarding toys with surface paints containing lead above the 600 parts per million (ppm) legal limit applicable at the time, and failed to immediately report to CPSC information about the non-compliant toys.
The settlement resolves the following allegations: that Schylling imported up to 66,000 units of non-compliant spinning top toys with Thomas and Friends, Curious George and Circus graphics; as many as 10,200 units of non-compliant tin pail toys with Thomas and Friends, Curious George and Primary Colors
graphics and as many as 3,600 units of non-compliant Winnie-the-Pooh style spinning top toys, all in 2003 or earlier, and distributed them to its retail customers for sale to consumers.
And that although it eventually reported about these toys to CPSC in 2007, Schylling knew or should have known by 2002 that most of the toys did not comply with the lead paint ban, and it failed to report this
information to the government in a timely manner. Instead of notifying CPSC immediately, in 2002 Schylling conducted a unilateral recall of the distributed pails by seeking their return from affected retail business customers.
In agreeing to the settlement, Schylling denies that it violated federal law, as alleged by CPSC staff.
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