China insists toy exports are safe
2 Aug 2007, 1302 hrs IST,AFP


BEIJING: More than 99 percent of China's exports are safe, the government insisted on Thursday, amid a US recall of nearly one million Chinese made toys over fears they contained toxic lead paint.

"More than 99 percent of the products China exports are of good quality and are safe," Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said in a statement posted on his ministry's website.

"We hope that the relevant sides will handle Chinese products in an objective, fair and rational manner. This should not impact the normal development of trade."

Bo made the remark on Wednesday while meeting in Beijing with Mexico's Economy Minister Eduardo Sojo, the statement said.

US toys giant Fisher-Price announced on Wednesday it was recalling nearly one million toys made in China due to fears they could be coloured with toxic lead-based paints.

In the latest of a slew of cases involving shoddily made and dangerous products imported from China, the US toymaker said it was recalling 967,000 products including popular Sesame Street and Dora, the Explorer-branded toys.

They were sold in US stores between May and August this year. The Fisher-Price recall comes amid increasing concern over health risks posed by food and other tainted products from China, including toothpaste and pet food.

Thousands of animals in the United States were poisoned from pet food additives made in China, one of a series of incidents that have exposed lax controls in Beijing's food quality control system.

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