Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge today said The Price is Right at Parramatta and Penshurst has been ordered to pay fines and costs of almost $4,000 by Parramatta Local Court for supplying unsafe children’s toys.

Ms Judge said the Kon Group Pty Ltd and High Sky Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to four breaches of section 27(1) of the Fair Trading Act 1987 for supplying toys that did not meet product safety standards.

“NSW Fair Trading inspected both stores and found four toys on sale that posed a serious choking risk to small children,” she said.

“Each of these toys were independently tested and failed to meet the mandatory standards due to having small parts.”

Ms Judge said Fair Trading investigators found the Juggling Pop and Catch toy and the small Pop and Catch toy at the Price is Right Parramatta and the Invincibly Warrior Weapon bow and arrow set and the Ha Ha Xiong rabbit and lamb squeeze toy set at the Price is Right Penshurst.

Member for Parramatta, Tanya Gadiel, said Fair Trading was to be congratulated for identifying and getting the dangerous toys off the shelves.

“There’s no place for poorly constructed and unsafe toys in the marketplace and local shopowners need to be vigilant when selecting products to sell to the public,” she said.

“Consumers should have the confidence to walk into a store knowing that dangerous goods are not offered for sale.”

Ms Judge said the product safety laws were designed to protect children from coming into contact with toys that pose a risk of injury.

“The court’s decision sends a strong message to suppliers that Fair Trading is active in the marketplace and will proceed to prosecution,” she said. “Traders face fines of up to $110,000 for corporations and $22,000 for individuals.”

Ms Judge said that Fair Trading investigators would soon start their annual toy store inspection campaign across New South Wales in the lead-up to Christmas.

“This year’s inspection program will be bigger than last year’s, when Fair Trading inspectors visited 661 retail outlets in 163 towns and inspected more than half a million toys,” she said. “More than 100 toys were removed from sale last year due to safety concerns.”

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