Showing articles tagged with 'Product safety'
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The sale of open-flued gas heaters without specific safety features has been banned in Victoria. The ban comes into effect on 1 August and affects new and second-hand gas heaters which cannot automatically shut down if they start spilling potentially deadly carbon monoxide.
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In Touch Fashions & Gifts Pty Ltd and its director have agreed to pay $1,000 to the Victorian Consumer Law Fund. They acknowledged offering items for sale that did not meet mandatory information standards.
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A company and its director who breached the Australian Consumer Law’s product safety provisions have been ordered to pay a total of $415,000 in penalties, plus $15,000 in costs.
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The operator of seven Daiso stores (six in Victoria and one in New South Wales) has been penalised $ 355,000 after admitting that it sold or offered for sale items that did not meet the relevant safety or information standards under the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).
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National variety goods retailer The Reject Shop Ltd has been penalised $140,000 after admitting that it contravened the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) by selling projectile toys.
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A national retailer that sold unsafe and insufficiently labelled products to Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland consumers has been ordered to pay $1 million by the Federal Court of Australia.
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A Brunswick-based company that supplied banned miniature motorbikes has been ordered to pay a penalty of $10,000 for failing to meet the product safety provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria).
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The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice under section 228 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012, regarding a specific design of hot water bottle.
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The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice to consumers regarding a specific design of “Happy birthday to you” novelty musical candles.
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Melbourne Magistrates' Court has imposed $30,000 in penalties against merchandise retailer Marlo Woods (Australia) Pty Ltd and its sole director, Choung Heng Taing, for contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law (Vic) product safety standards.
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