11:25 AM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon.com ( AMZN ) is responsible under US law for more than 400,000 hazardous products being offered on its platform by third parties and should pursue a recall of the sold items, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.

The agency ordered Amazon ( AMZN ) to propose remediation plans to notify consumers about the products that are defective or fail to meet federal consumer product safety standards, incentivize the return or destruction of the items sold and remove them from its platform.

The hazardous products include faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protection and children's sleepwear that violated federal flammability standards, the agency said.

Amazon ( AMZN ), as the "distributor" of such products offered by third-party sellers, bears legal responsibility for their recall, the agency said.

The company was also accused of failing to notify consumers about the hazardous products and not taking adequate steps to encourage buyers to return or destroy the items.

Amazon ( AMZN ) didn't reply immediately to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

Amazon ( AMZN ) shares fell 0.5% in recent trading Tuesday.

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