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Sontax Australia (1988) Pty Ltd (Sontax) carries on business as an importer and wholesale supplier of hardware goods including elastic luggage straps packaged under the Sontax brand. Between 27 July 2008 and 25 August 2008 Sontax supplied Sontax branded elastic luggage straps packaged as a ’12 PIECE ELASTIC LUGGAGE STRAP ASSORTMENT’ with the product code 91830 (Sontax Straps). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is responsible for ensuring compliance with prescribed consumer product safety standards under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). There is a prescribed consumer product safety standard for elastic luggage straps (Mandatory Standard) that applies to an elastic strap or cord having a hook, buckle or other fastening device at each extremity and which is designed to be used for the purpose of securing luggage or other objects. The Mandatory Standard requires an elastic luggage strap to have permanently attached a label bearing the following warning (Warning Label); WARNING.