The Recalls Keep on Rolling
Yes, believe it folks, even more recalls on toy products manufactured in China. At this point, there is very little in the way of commentary I could provide that could make this seem any more crazy than it already is. Read all about it and maybe this will finally be the last we hear about it… Yeah right.
Two more US firms have recalled Chinese-made toys, saying they include paint with dangerous levels of lead.
The items include SpongeBob SquarePants spiral address books and diaries, Thomas the Tank Engine spinning tops and some toy buckets sold in the US.
The recall of about 300,000 toys comes a week after US firm Mattel recalled 18.5 million toys.
That prompted a US senator to called for all toys imported into the country from China to be inspected.
Ohio toy firm Martin Designs and Schyllings Associates of Massachusetts issued the recall through the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
About 250,000 of the books were sold between June 2006 and July 2007, while the spinning tops and buckets were in shops between 2001 and 2002.
Parents are being told to take the items away from children.
Beijing concerns
China has not commented on the latest recall but it earlier it pointed out that of the billions of goods it produces every year, only a fraction are found to be faulty.
Beijing was quick to act after the first Mattel recall, revoking the licence to manufacture goods of a firm in Guangdong province.
Analysts say that it recognises the importance of consumers and overseas firms keeping faith in the Made in China label.
The latest recall would further undermine confidence in product safety, but showed that checks to keep dangerous products off the shelves was effective, said toy consultant Christopher Byrne.
“Recalls are not uncommon for toys and children’s products. They’re not uncommon with products across the board,” he said.
The Mattel recall included Chinese-made Sarge die-cast toys from the Pixar film Cars, as well as some toys including Polly Pocket, which contained small magnets that can come loose.
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1 opinion for The Recalls Keep on Rolling
shelly
Oct 26, 2007 at 6:45 am
i have alway told our family memebers not to be cheep, with our childrens toys i have all boys and they are rough! and i didnt want them to chock on the pieces of a pooly made toy, and here they are all the strudy toys being recalled. not for chocking hazards but for lead paint! i cann’t beleave it. and all these toys are far from cheep toys. but im sure china pushes out for little of nothen. at our expence, shame on all the toy makers who still deal with china after all these recall!
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