The Consumer Product Safety Commission provisionally approved a $600,000 civil penalty with retail chain Forman Mills Inc. for its failure to report the sale of garments that could put kids at risk of strangulation.

Although retailers are supposed to immediately report to the CPSC the sale of children’s garments with drawstrings, Forman Mills knowingly failed to report the sales of 2,100 children’s upper outwear agreements between June 2007 and February 2010, according to the consumer protection agency.

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