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Company: Spectrum Brands Inc.
Current Parent Company: Spectrum Brands Holdings
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Penalty: $1,900,000
Year: 2017
Date: October 4, 2017
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: A federal court in Madison, Wisconsin, ordered Spectrum Brands Inc., a large consumer products distributor, to pay $1.9 million in civil penalties for failing to timely report dangerously defective Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffee carafes and for continuing to distribute the carafes following a recall.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Wisconsin
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: housewares and home furnishings
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hardware
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.