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WASHINGTON– House legislators mentioned the continuing sale of remembered infant items connected to crib death on Meta‘s Facebook in a round of letters to 17 business questioning compliance with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission requirements about the listing of hazardous items.
“Meta’s failure to prevent recalled products from being posted for sale on its platform has resulted in your users and their children being placed at risk of purchasing and using a product that CPSC has found to pose a serious risk of injury and potential death,” the bipartisan group of legislators composed in a letter datedAug 17.
The CPSC’s disappointment with Meta over the problem, that includes countless takedown demands, has actually overflowed to concerns about how significant online sellers such as Amazon, Walmart, Target and others deal with avoiding the sale of remembered or hazardous products.
Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee stated the CPSC has actually asked for approximately about 1,000 takedowns each month to Meta for the Boppy Newborn Lounger, which was remembered in 2021.
“Like other platforms where people can buy and sell goods, there are instances of people knowingly or unknowingly selling recalled goods on Marketplace,” a representative for Meta informed CNBC. “We take this issue seriously and when we find listings that violate our rules, we remove them.”
Representatives for Amazon, Walmart and Target did not instantly react to CNBC’s ask for remark. Lawmakers offered the business 9 days to react.
The letters were signed byReps Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash, chair of Energy and Commerce; Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J.; Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla; and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill
