China-made toys: be careful!

[sirgalahad2010]

US toy manufacturer Mattel has announced a second major recall of toys made in China.

Earlier, Mattel recalled 1.5 million made-in-China toys worldwide, due to worries over lead paint or tiny magnets that kids might swallow.

The latest recall, involving made-in-China Mattel toys, include popular toys like Barbie dolls, Batman action figures and Polly Pocket playsets.

In Singapore, Mattel has used the newspapers to inform parents that the following toys should be taken away from their children immediately:

- Polly Pocket dolls
- "Sarge" cars from the movie "Cars"
- Batman
- Barbie and Tanner accessory set
- Sesame Street Shape Sorter
- Barney Best Manners Phone
- Dora's House Figure
- Dora's Talking House

For details, check the Mattel website (http://www.service.mattel.com).

I am reminded that most of the cheap toys sold at mom-and-pop shops in Malaysia are made in China.

[great]

really???


I don't think so.

I play "China-made toys " severeal years,when I was a child,I never saw those problem,all of my realtive all play "China-made toys " never got problem.

I think it's just fuss. if you play "China-made toys " , you will know

[jianwei85]

This thread should be aptly renamed, "Dubious quality control of suppliers in Chinese Factories."

Do not just use a general topic. It is very misleading to say that ALL CHINESE FACTORIES MAKES DUBIOUS QUALITY TOYS. BE WARY OF THEM.

There are many steps n processes in producing a toy and many suppliers as well. IMHO, It is a matter of QUALITY CONTROL.

[steelydan]

China is in a transition phase. It is good that the current set back have woke up the government to improve on their quality and standard. Perhaps one day china will be like Japan in terms of quality and high standard. We use to dislike japanese products in the 50s & 60s. We felt that they were cheap and not durable. Some even said that their cars were made of Milo tins.Those days we worship everything British or German made. Remember Telefunken, Grundig or Philips? Where are they now as compared with Japan.
Having said that, the US also has a hidden agenda to tame the chinese economy as they are losing billions of dollars in trade deficit. The Americans are losing their jobs because of cheap imports. Therefore this is a very good opportunity to bring "them' down.

[KelvC]

Last night I was thinking of the same thing as well. I recalled reading the reason for the recall was due to the toxic paint on the metalic toys which a toddler could put the toy into their mouth (or something along that line). With this in mind, it has brought me to this particular concern:

A certain oil station company sold me a Ferrari toy which IanC loves! However, when i checked last night, it is (1) made in China and (2) it is also a metalic toy with paint. So is this company going to issue a public assurance press conference?

I'm going to hide the Ferrari from IanC until i have some confidence that the toy does not pose a health threat to my toddler.

[firefox]

Of late there has been lots of news regading sub standard and dangerous goods coming from China..whether its political motivated or not we should be wary of their products..at least if a shoe is made in China we would know but how about processsed food?... i wont take chances, and i am aslo against China's child labour abuse that is rampant.

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processsed food actually is good, so many post say that bad food was processsed in China, I never ate before,for many people who live in China also never ate before,for those usually go to China also never ate those food, if read Chinapress

“Food exports of sinister,India over China,The report also showed that the United States was returned to the sinister food or labeled as a blacklist of food, in China there after the Dominican Republic, Denmark, Vietnam, Japan, Italy and Indonesia.”

[uchangeng]

The Chinese toy factory owner hang himself last week after the government revoked his export licence. Dead in an apparent suicide. He paid all his workers before he took his own live.

A few hundreds of his workers are now without a job.

The toy industry in China is now in serious jeapordy.

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指主流媒体夸大报道 美专家称中国制造瑕不掩瑜


The international agricultural and food processing consultant, Pacific Commerce Group CEO Mack Ramsay had visited China more than 10 times, visited Anhui, Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong and other places to visit for. He noted that in his impression, many of China's food processing in the plant health, quality management, and so on to have a good performance, compared to American food factory favorably.

Food safety high on agenda

China issued its first White Paper on food safety on Friday, and on the same day Vice-Premier Wu Yi was named as the head of a 19-member Cabinet-level panel to oversee product quality and food safety.




The State Council has established the quality of the food products safety leadership group headed by Wu Yi

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新西兰食品安全局称中国食品经检测符合质量标准

New Zealand Food Safety Authority said Chinese food tested conform to quality standards

Xinhuanet WELLINGTON, August 16 . New Zealand Food Safety Authority report released on the 16th, food inspection results show that imports from China are fully consistent with New Zealand food hygiene and safety standards.

综述：中国食品安全卫生管理得到国际普遍认可

Roundup : China's food safety and sanitation management has been generally recognized by international.

At present, China has a total national commission to accept a meeting of more than 100 overseas delegations official censorship registered enterprises control the overall health assessment, and on-the-spot meeting of China's 690 export factories food enterprises registered inspection, the international counterparts generally recognized.

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Full Text: White Paper on Food Quality and Safety(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-17 21:24

The State Council Information Office published on Friday a white paper entitled The Quality and Safety of Food in China.The document, composed of five chapters, describes the Chinesegovernment's efforts in enhancing the level of food quality andimproving the situation of food safety over the past years. The fulltext of the white paper follows:

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出口新加坡蔬菜合格率为１００％
Singapore's exports of vegetables a pass rate of 100%

August 13 -reporter on13th learned from the quality testing bureau that, according to theSingapore food and agriculture bureau circular, this July Chinaexported the Singapore vegetables all to pass the new sideagricultural remnant examination, has not discovered not qualified.

去年日本进口中国食品抽检合格率高于美国
Last year, Japan's imports from China qualified food sampling rate higher than the United States

According to Japan's latest one "international trade" weekly reports, in 2006 Japan imported from other countries the food, Chinese food sampling pass rate higher than the United States.

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Chinese officals defend food quality, criticize foreign media "fabrications"

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official has lambasted foreign media for fabricating scares over Chinese food products.


China Calls for Global Co-op to Improve Food Safety

China Wednesday called for global cooperation to improve food safety, noting that it along with product quality are an international problem.

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Ministry wants better food, and more of it

China's livestock sector will be further scrutinized this year under a raft of plans aimed at producing better, healthier food.
Chinese lawmakers fret about food safety

Food safety has become a major issue of concern for Chinese lawmakers,as 19 motions and 78 suggestions were proposed to improve food qualityduring the annual session of China's top legislature this March.
China steps up monitoring of food quality, safety

China's food safety officials will tighten supervision over farmproduce safety, especially with fresh vegetables and aquatic products,said Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai here Monday.
Chinese experts call for food tracking system to ensure safety

China should set up a national tracking system for agriculturalproducts so their points of origin can be determined if the productsare defective or dangerous, according to a report.

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China strengthens quality control on food exports



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White paper: China takes measures to supervise imported food



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White paper: China steps up supervision on food workshops



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White paper: China builds food safety law regime, technological guarantee system



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White paper reveals figures for China's food exports


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White paper: China among world's top ten in green food farming



BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China is one of the top ten growers of green food in the world, with 2.03 million hectares producing certificated organic products, a white paper says.


White paper: China pledges to prevent substandard food exports



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85.1% of China's food products qualified in 1st half of 2007


BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- A white paper issued onFriday by the Information Office of China's State Council revealed that85.1 percent of the country's food products passed quality checks inthe first half of the year.


China calls for global cooperation to improve food safety

WASHINGTON,Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China Wednesday called for global cooperation toimprove food safety, noting that it along with product quality is aninternational problem.