Amazon has sued the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for finding the e-commerce giant legally responsible for the recalls of hundreds of thousands of products sold on its site. The independent federal agency ordered Amazon in January to take several actions,

In the lawsuit, filed March 14, Amazon alleges that the CPSC and its current commissioners have “overstepped…by ordering Amazon to conduct a wide-ranging recall of products that were manufactured, owned, and sold by third parties,” and thus, treating it as a distributor rather than a third-party logistics company.

Amazon sues safety regulator, denying liability for hundreds of thousands potentially dangerous or defective products sold on its platform.