消费品安全委员会近40年首次动用第12条权力：司法部起诉Lakkzoom浸入式加热器厂商求强制召回
美国司法部与消费品安全委员会（CPSC）7月22日宣布，司法部已代表美国政府向华盛顿特区联邦地区法院提起诉讼，被告为中国公司 Cixi Miaojie Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd.（慈溪妙捷电器，制造商）与 Changsha Jiayi Tianzhuo Trading Co. Ltd.（长沙佳益天卓贸易，销售商），要求法院下令对两家公司以 Lakkzoom 品牌制造、销售的浸入式电热水器实施强制召回。
诉状指称，这批浸入式加热器在通电状态下完全或部分离开水面时，会在数分钟内过热起火，构成《消费品安全法》所称「迫在眉睫的危害」（imminently hazardous）。CPSC 表示已收到235起与该产品相关的火灾报告，并对其中数起展开调查；委员会的实测显示，产品在特定条件下数分钟内即可起火。CPSC 同步发布单方安全警告，呼吁消费者立即停用 Lakkzoom 浸入式加热器。
这是 CPSC 自1987年以来首次动用《消费品安全法》第12条的迫在眉睫危害诉讼权力，距上一次已近40年。CPSC 为此新设了第12条专项工作组（Section 12 Task Force），以筛选适用案件。代理司法部长 Todd Blanche 表示，司法部不会允许在中国或其他地方制造的危险产品流入美国消费者手中、让不知情的家庭面临重伤或死亡风险；司法部民事司助理司法部长 Brett A. Shumate 表示将与 CPSC 协作追究危险产品的责任方；CPSC 代理主席 Peter Feldman 表示，危险产品威胁美国家庭时，委员会将毫不犹豫地动用国会授予的一切权力。
诉状所列型号包括1500W、HT1500W（又名 MJ-R13）与 HT2000W 等，产品售价约20至40美元，主要经大型电商平台在美国销售。司法部在发布中注明，诉状所载均为指控，如案件进入审理，政府须以优势证据标准加以证明。
CPSC Uses Section 12 Authority for First Time in Nearly 40 Years: DOJ Sues Lakkzoom Heater Makers Seeking Mandatory Recall
The Justice Department, together with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced on July 22 the filing of a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Cixi Miaojie Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd., the manufacturer, and Changsha Jiayi Tianzhuo Trading Co. Ltd., the retailer, both of China, seeking a mandatory recall of immersion water heaters sold under the Lakkzoom label.
The complaint alleges the heaters can overheat and catch fire within minutes when energized while completely or partially out of water, making them imminently hazardous under the Consumer Product Safety Act. CPSC says it received 235 fire-related reports, investigated several incidents, and its testing showed the heaters could catch fire within minutes in certain circumstances. CPSC also issued a unilateral warning urging consumers to stop using the heaters immediately.
The filing is CPSC's first use of its Section 12 imminent hazard authority since 1987, and the commission has set up a Section 12 Task Force to identify further cases. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Civil Division, and CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman all pledged to hold makers of hazardous products accountable. Model numbers include 1500W, HT1500W (also known as MJ-R13) and HT2000W, sold for about $20 to $40, largely through a major e-commerce platform. The claims in the complaint are allegations that the government would have to prove at trial.
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图片来源：图：一台便携浸入式电热水器（加热棒）实物资料图，非涉事 Lakkzoom 产品。Suyash Dwivedi摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A portable immersion water heater (file photo; not the Lakkzoom product). By Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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