First Mart Limited

1st Mart Limited (trading as First Mart) pleaded guilty to one charge that, between December 2015 and January 2018, it imported over 800 units of a car toy which resembled the ‘Peppa Pig’ brand of products and supplied 540 units to various retailers. The Commission alleges the toys were unsafe. 1st Mart Limited was fined $45,000 in the Manukau District court on one representative charge that it supplied toys which failed to meet the mandatory standard for toys for children aged 36 months and under.

Case Details

Parties
First Mart Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 30(1), 40(1)
Industry
Retail – other
Status
Closed
Outcome
Sentencing
Case Number
Date opened
27 November 2017
Date closed
12 July 2019
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