US investigates Shein, Temu for selling deadly baby products [Video]

In a news release, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) revealed they have launched an investigation into foreign-based online retail platforms that do business in the United States.

Both Shein and Temu were named specifically in the release, though it did say other unnamed sites were being looked at as well.

The CPSC said they received “reports that deadly baby and toddler products are easy to find on these platforms.”

In the release, the CPSC cited reporting that “thousands of Chinese factories and vendors have joined the supply chain for Shein and Temu, whose popularity has exploded in the U.S. with their offers of inexpensive made-in-China goods, from T-shirts and handbags to electronics and kitchen items.”

The investigation is focused on determining how those retailers reconcile the sale of foreign goods with requirements that those goods conform to U.S. safety standards.

“We seek to better understand these firms, particularly …