Discount retailer The Reject Shop has been ordered to pay a penalty of $140,000 and court costs of $15,000 after Consumer Affairs Victoria dragged it to the Federal Court over concerns the labelling on its “UFO” and balloon projectile toys breached safety standards.
In 2015, Consumer Affairs officers identified two products sold at Reject Shop stores it believed breached the Australian Safety Standard for products in that category.
One toy, the “Action Copter”, involved projectiles but did not include warnings not to point the product at a person’s face, and to only use projectiles that had been supplied by the manufacturer when using the toy.
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