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15 U.S.C. § 1211 — Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators without safety devices
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It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any household refrigerator manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect unless it is equipped with a device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the inside, which conforms with standards prescribed pursuant to [section 1213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1213&num=0&edition=prelim).
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It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any household refrigerator manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect unless it is equipped with a device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the inside, which conforms with standards prescribed pursuant to [section 1213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1213&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Hazardous substances and poisons** The functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act [[15 U.S.C. 1261](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1261&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 [[15 U.S.C. 1471](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1471&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] are transferred to the Commission. The functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [[21 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to the extent such functions relate to the administration and enforcement of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970, are transferred to the Commission.
**(b) Flammable fabrics** The functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Federal Trade Commission under the Flammable Fabrics Act [[15 U.S.C. 1191](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1191&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] are transferred to the Commission. The functions of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act [[15 U.S.C. 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to the extent such functions relate to the administration and enforcement of the Flammable Fabrics Act, are transferred to the Commission.
**(c) Household refrigerators** The functions of the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission under the Act of August 2, 1956 [[15 U.S.C. 1211](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register commercial standards for devices which, when used in or on household refrigerators, will enable the doors thereof to be opened easily from the inside; and the standards first established under this section shall be so prescribed and published not later than one year after August 2, 1956.
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Any person who violates [section 1211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1211&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1211
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Flammable Fabrics Act, referred to in subsec.
(b), is act June 30, 1953, ch. 164, 67 Stat. 111, which is
classified generally to this chapter. For complete clas-
sification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 1191 of this title and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1204, act June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 17, as
added Dec. 14, 1967, Pub. L. 90–189, § 10, 81 Stat. 574;
amended May 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94–284, § 19, 90 Stat. 514,
related to the National Advisory Committee for Flam-
mable Fabrics Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35,
title XII, § 1205(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716, eff. Aug. 13,
1981.
AMENDMENTS
2008—Pub. L. 110–314, § 204(c)(2)(H), which directed
substitution of ‘‘Commission’’ for ‘‘Consumer Product
Safety Commission’’ in this section, was executed by
making the substitution in subsec. (a) before ‘‘shall
transmit’’, but not in subsec. (b)(1), to reflect the prob-
able intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–314, § 204(c)(2)(C), which di-
rected substitution of ‘‘Commission’’ for ‘‘Secretary’’
wherever appearing in the Flammable Fabrics Act,
classified to this chapter, was not executed in subsec.
(a) of this section, where ‘‘Secretary’’ precedes ‘‘of the
Senate’’, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Amendment was part of a series of conforming amend-
ments to change references to the ‘‘Secretary’’ of Com-
merce to ‘‘Commission’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section applicable with respect to consumer product
safety rules under chapter 47 of this title and regula-
tions under this chapter and chapter 30 of this title pro-
mulgated after Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1215 of Pub
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