Commissioners from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) called on the agency to investigate foreign e-commerce giants Shein and Temu for potentially selling products that put children at risk, as well as their practice of shipping cheap products into the U.S. on a large scale.
Shein is headquartered in Singapore while Temu, with headquarters in Boston, is owned by a Chinese firm PDD Holdings. “Manufacturers, retailers, importers, and distributors of consumer products all fall within the jurisdiction of CPSC, which is charged with protecting consumers from items that pose an unreasonable risk of injury,” Commissioners Peter A. Feldman and Douglas Dziak, said in a Sept. 3 statement.
