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USA - August 10 2012
On July 26, 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that the national apparel retailer Burlington Coat Factory has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.5 million for selling numerous styles of children’s upper outerwear garments with neck drawstrings (which are considered hazardous by CPSC due to potential risks of entanglement and strangulation) over an 8-year period.
