Connecticut CPC Files Complaints Against Bedding Companies

December 27, 2009  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on December 28, 2009

The Connecticut Consumer Protection Commission has filed complaints against two Brooklyn, N.Y., bedding manufacturers, Industrial Mattress LLC and Ellianna Bedding, for alleged violations of the state's Bedding and Upholstered Furniture laws and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, according to a report last week from Connecticutplus.com.

The State charges that both companies sold, offered for sale, or distributed bedding products in Connecticut without being sanitized, and without proper law tags. If true, these allegations are grounds for license suspension or revocation, reprimand, civil penalty, or denial of license renewal.

"The regulation of bedding and upholstered furniture has a direct impact on public health and safety and is an issue we take very seriously," Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said in the report. "The requirements help ensure that products offered for sale in Connecticut are properly produced and sanitized to prevent injury and halt the potential spread of pests and illness."

Ellianna Bedding allegedly sold non-compliant products at Mario's Discount Furniture  in New Haven. Industrial Mattress products were sold at Pepe's Furniture in Hartford.