By Denny Jacob


The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has unanimously issued a final order outlining steps Amazon.com must take to notify buyers and the public about hazardous products for which the regulator determined it was a distributor.

The e-commerce retailer is required to issue notice on the day CPSC publishes a recall, among other directives. For the public, it must post the recall releases to its website. For buyers, they must be notified directly through email and by providing information under a section for orders they have made.

Amazon didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The order is effective as of Jan. 26.

CPSC in July determined in a unanimous vote that Amazon was a "distributor" of certain products that are defective or fail to meet federal consumer product safety standards, and therefore bears legal responsibility for their recall.

More than 400,000 products are subject to this order, including faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protection and children's sleepwear that violate federal flammability standards.


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