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TJX agrees to pay $13 million civil penalty for selling recalled products
October/November 2022The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) charged TJX Companies, Inc., with knowingly selling and distributing at least 1,205 units of 21 different recalled consumer products online and at its brick and mortar retail locations, including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, from March 2014 to October 2019. The recalled products included Bollinger Fitness Resistance Bands, Calphalon Pizza Wheels, Swagway Hoverboards, and Fisher-Price Rock’n Play Sleepers. Of the 1,250 units sold post-recall, 960 units posed a risk of infant fatality, the CPSC charged.
The CPSC also asserted that TJX had sold and distributed the recalled products because the company failed to implement adequate procedures to accurately identify, quarantine, and prevent the sale of the various recalled products.
TJX entered into an agreement to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $13 million. In addition, the company agreed to maintain a compliance program and a system of internal controls designed to identify, quarantine, and dispose of recalled consumer products to ensure compliance with the CPSC.
Citation: In re: The TJX Cos., CPSC Dkt. No. 22-C0003 (C.P.S.C. July 29, 2022).
CPSC counsel: Rosalee B. Thomas, Bethesda, Md.
