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Company: General Electric
Current Parent Company: Haier
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: August 8, 2002
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: General Electric Co. agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report to CPSC in a timely manner a defect with certain models of dishwashers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: housewares and home furnishings
Specific Industry of Current Parent: appliances
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