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US Consumer Product Safety Commission members have asked the agency to investigate whether popular Chinese platforms are working Temu and Shein e-commerce They meet the safety standards set in this country, especially for children’s products.
In a letter sent to the agency, commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak ask the commission to investigate how these “foreign companies that rely on foreign suppliers are meeting their obligations under the Consumer Product Safety Act.”
“Shane and Temu are of particular concern,” the letter sent to the Commission yesterday said, before pointing out that “recent media reports” indicated that dangerous products for children were easily found on websites.
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They also confirm that reports indicate that “thousands of Chinese factories and suppliers” have joined the supply chain of Shein and Tem, whose popularity has skyrocketed in the United States thanks to its offerings of cheap products made in that country, ranging from shirts and bags to electronics and kitchenware.
Feldman and Dziak say they want to “better understand these companies, particularly their focus on low-cost direct-to-consumer shipments known as ‘minimis,’ a rule that exempts shipments costing $800 or less from duties.
“As the Commission sets its priorities for the coming year, we hope it will look into companies’ safety and compliance checks; their relationships with external suppliers and customers; and any declarations they make when importing products,” they write in the letter, warning that online platforms are seeing a growing number of external sellers, both national and foreign.
Last year, a US congressional committee criticized Shane and Tema in a report that suggested Chinese-owned companies and others were potentially linked to practices such as forced labor, exploitation of trade loopholes, product safety risks or intellectual property theft, according to CNN.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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