TJX, the Massachusetts-based parent company of retail stores T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, has agreed to pay $13 million in a civil penalty for selling recalled items in its stores.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the settlement in a news release, noting that TJX has also agreed to maintain a “compliance program” to ensure that no recalled items are sold in the future. The case had centered around approximately 1,200 recalled items that were sold over five years from March 2014 through October 2019.
The recalled items included products for children, like the Kids II Rocking Sleepers and Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleepers that were connected to more than 35 deaths over several years, CNN reported.
In a statement to WFXT, TJX said: “At TJX, product safety is very important to us and we prohibit the sale of recalled items in our stores. We deeply regret that in some instances between 2014 and 2019, recalled products were not properly removed from our sales floors despite the recall processes that we had in place. We have made a significant investment in people, processes, and technology to strengthen our processes, and have cooperated fully with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
CPSC said in its news release that TJX will file annual reports with the agency to confirm its compliance and internal controls for the next five years.
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