"Live China
Free"
Christmas
2008
More Chinese
Piracy .... TOYS!!
"Wannabe Barbie's and phony Winnie the
Pooh's journeys onto U.S. store shelves have been
thwarted. During a recent two-day operation at
the San Luis Port of Entry in San Luis, southwest
of Yuma, officers with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection seized 125,000 counterfeit toys,
valued at $800,000, said David P. Higgerson,
director of field operations for the federal
agency. The toys were found in 14 shipping
containers that had arrived in Long Beach,
Calif., from China, then headed toward Mexico
through Yuma on trains and trucks." Link
CHINESE TOY
MIRACLE CRUMBLING
" with a global recession gathering pace,
the best of times are gone, and the pain in what had been
booming areas in southern China is spreading quickly. Fully half
of China's toy exporters, which sent nearly $8 billion worth of
Barbies and Thomas the Tank Engines to export markets in 2007,
were driven out of business in the first seven months of this
year, Beijing's General Administration of Customs said in a
recent report. In the city of Shenzhen, the other major
manufacturing center in Guangdong province, 50,000 people have
already lost their jobs this year. And in Beijing last week,
Zhang Ping, chairman of the National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC), the nation's key economic policymaking body,
bluntly warned that "excessive production cuts and business
closures will cause massive unemployment, and that will lead to
instability."
Link
American
Made Toys .... Lead
Free!! -Link
Good News ....
not as bad as last year, assuming you trust China so the
Herrickreport.com and LiveChinaFree will follow the toy season
Consumer
Product Safety Commission
US recalls 635,000 more Chinese-made products
"More than 555,000 of the products in the voluntary recalls
contain excessive levels of lead, while 82,000 baby rattles sold by
Target are recalled because they can break open and release beads that
pose a choking hazard, the commission said.
The products with excessive levels of lead include 192,000 keychains
and and 63,000 Halloween tumblers sold by Dollar General Merchandising
Inc., 150,000 bookmarks from Antioch Publishing, 79,000 "Pirates of
the Caribbean" squeeze lights from Eveready Battery Co., and 35,000
toy blocks from Kids II Inc.
Too much lead was also found in 15,000 toy decorating sets from Toys
"R" Us, 11,200 water bottles from Sports Authority, and 10,000
wooden toys sold by KB Toys." more
Another
Blow for Chinese Toys
Mattel Recall Site ----- October Recalls CPSC
Live China Free Toys
"BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- U.S.
toy maker Mattel Inc. (MAT) said Thursday that
it has recalled an additional 55,500 " Go
Diego Go " toys from the U.S., Canada , the
U.K. and Ireland , due to high levels of lead in
the toys' paint." Link
Another Mattel Recall!
Mattel
said the toys were produced between
May 17
and
Aug. 11
. The molding and painting of the toys was done by Chinese company Man
Shing, which then subcontracted the painting to another firm, Hua Yi,
which used "unauthorized paint," according to
Mattel
.
The company recalled 12,000 toys from the U.K. and
Ireland
, 38,000 from the U.S. and 5,500 from
Canada
. No other companies were affected,
Mattel
said. The product recalls have rocked the toy maker's reputation,
leading to a 0.9% drop in third-quarter net profit, reported in
mid-October.
In early September,
Mattel
had to withdraw 844,000 toys globally, Link
Mattel's
Recall Site
The CPSC advises parents or caregivers to immediately take the
recalled toys away from children and contact Fisher-Price in order to
receive a free replacement toy.
Contact Fisher-Price at (888) 299-0579 anytime, or visit the firm's Web
site at www.service.mattel.com.
"China has sponsored quality control training
for more than 1,000 people in the country's toy industry in an
effort to ensure the safety of exports.
Government officials and executives from transnational companies has
given lectures on Chinese, American, and European certification and
testing standards and regulations .....
Link
BUT ... CHINESE ARREST 4
ANYWAY SO THEY CAN SHOOT SOMEONE!!
BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Police have detained four Chinese
people involved in the recent recall of Chinese-made toys by U.S. toy
giant Mattel, according to Li Changjiang, director of the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
"The
four suspects
can expect criminal sentences,"
DUH!
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and
Chinese officials agreed on Tuesday to take
immediate steps to stop the use of lead paint in toys made in China
following toy recalls that have scared American parents ahead of holiday
shopping. " Link
(So why were they then?)
Chinese ... "If we find that our lead paint ban is
not being complied with, if we find violations, then we will not
hesitate to take very stringent enforcement activities," ho
hum ...
Although not a Toy ...
"The recall involves Gerber EAB Pocket Knives, model
numbers 22-41548, 22-41548CDIP, 22-01548W and 22-41548W. The knives are
small, folding utility knives that can be clipped to the owner's
pocket. The knives are marked with the "Gerber" trademark.
"
Sold at: Retail stores nationwide, including Wal-Mart,
Gerber used to be a really reliable name but with it's move to CHINA
... maybe not....
Link
Chinese Officials Threaten to Punish
Shoddy Manufactures
(That usually means ... a
Bullet)
"We endorse enterprises' recall measures. We'll
strictly scrutinize producers and punish (those churning out shoddy or
unsafe products)," watchdog
chief Li Changjiang
"Parents should know that no toys are tested
by the CPSC, no matter where they come
from, China or Kansas," says Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group. "Toys from brand-name
companies and brand-name stores are potentially hazardous, as are toys
from dollar stores."
"We are working with Chinese authorities (AQSIQ) to
help establish stronger in-country testing protocols
and inspections for toys intended for export anywhere." Toy
Industry Association.
(Why not force them to
test here in the USA; self-policing or even self-testing, is useless in a
country where pollution; sub-standard wages, and bribery are considered a
cultural matter.)
BEIJING, China (AP) -- "The head of a
Chinese manufacturer whose lead-tainted Sesame Street toys were the center
of a massive U.S. recall has killed himself, .... Cheung Shu-hung, who
co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co., committed suicide at a warehouse over the
weekend, apparently by hanging himself "
CNN
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