Thread: China Recall Stories

I have been saying for years of how are market is being flooded by made in China junk! I was mainly talking about tools. I can't think of much I hate more than a China made tool. Everybody laughed at me when I immediatley looked at the manufactor info on a product. If it said made in China, that was all I need to know. Some things I can't find a simular product not made in China. But when it comes to tools you can always find several quality made in USA ones. Another problem is that we buy this chineese junk, they use the money we give them to buy military surplus to someday use on us. What a deal. I partialy blame Americans for being the consumers that just want it cheap. Well you got it! Cheap and appartently deadly.By the way these recalls are just the ones that are known so far. Mark my words this is just the beginning. I won't even bring up the fact that all building material metals have risen about 300% in cost since Jan. 2006. Thanks to China's dam project, It going to collapse anyways because it's made in China.

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Who can keep up on all of these recalls?
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J.C. Penney and others recall more than 90,000 toys
By Natasha T. Metzler
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than 90,000 children’s products, most imported by J.C. Penney Co. Inc., were recalled Thursday for containing dangerous levels of lead, a government safety group announced.

J.C. Penney recalled Chinese-made Winnie the Pooh play sets and decorative ornaments with a horse-theme, as well as art kits made in Taiwan and Vietnam. Totaling 70,400, the toys imported and sold by J.C. Penney all had excessive levels of lead in their surface paint.


Lead is toxic if ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children’s products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

Consumer Product Safety Commission spokeswoman Julie Vallese said this round of toy recalls are “the direct result of the commitment that was made earlier this summer of cleaning the proverbial house.â€

Charity gives up on toys: Recalls limit toy acceptance at thrift stores
By MARCUS RAUHUT Staff writer
Oct 15, 2007

Local thrift stores are beginning to feel the fallout of the growing number of toy recalls.
"We have stopped taking toys -- period," said Maj. John Brooks of the Salvation Army, which operates a thrift store in Chambersburg. "If you've seen the recall list, you know it is an extensive list. There is no possible way our volunteers can check all of those."

Beginning in late August, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission began issuing a series of recalls after the discovery that some toys made in China contained lead paint.

The recalls played a part in the decision to close the Chambersburg Toy Mission. Now Brooks said accepting toys at the Salvation Army's Chambersburg thrift store is just not worth the risk.

"We cannot take a chance. We've had to stop taking them because we're concerned that once we resell them, then we could become responsible," Brooks said.

The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter, which operates thrift stores in Chambersburg and Shippensburg, will still sell toys, but the employees are keeping a close eye on which ones are placed on the shelves.

"We're still accepting toys, but we are cautious about what we put out because of the recalls. We get a lot of older toys and we're cautious with newer toys," said Jennifer Vanderau, communications director for Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter.

Vanderau said the store is asking those who make donations to carefully check the government recall lists before making a donation.

Goodwill, which operates 36 thrift stores in south central Pennsylvania, has adopted a similar policy.
"We are still accepting toys but we are complying with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's safety guidelines and encouraging donors to throw away (recalled) items instead of giving to Goodwill," said Jennifer Ross, senior director of marketing and public relations. "We are looking at toys as they come in and disposing of recalled products. In talking to store managers, we have not received very many."

For the Salvation Army, the impact of the toy recall and the closing of the Chambersburg Toy Mission will really be felt later this winter, Brooks said.

Each year, local families in need could sign up through the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program to receive assistance through donations -- including toys -- at Christmas time. Those who missed the sign-up were referred to the Toy Mission.

"Once we get to the point where we can't take any more families, we would send them to the Toy Mission. We can't do that anymore," Brooks said.

In the mean time, Brooks is trying to get the word out to families to make sure they sign up for the Angel Tree program in time this year. The sign-up times will be from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Nov. 1 through Nov. 7 from 2 to 6 p.m.

"We need to get people to come in to our sign-up times. Once we reach that certain point, it's impossible to reach that need," Brooks said. "We will always take care of emergencies. We will find a way to meet those needs if we have to work until midnight Christmas Eve."

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Marcus Rauhut can be reached at mrauhut@publicopinionnews.com or 262-4752.


Recall information

For a complete list of recalls, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has information at two Web sites: http://www.recalls.gov/ and http://www.cpsc.gov/index.html. The Consumer Product Safety Commission also has more information on lead exposure at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5054.html.


http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_7188910

Fisher-Price recalls more toys with lead

Mattel Recalls Additional 38,000 Fisher-Price Toys for Lead Contamination

NATASHA T. METZLER
AP News

Oct 25, 2007 17:06 EDT

Mattel Inc. recalled an additional 38,000 "Go Diego Go!" toys Thursday as part of a larger recall of 665,000 lead-contaminated children's products, the government said.



The nation's largest toy maker issued two major recalls in August for lead-tainted toys and toys with small, powerful magnets that can cause intestinal perforations if swallowed. At the time of the worldwide recall of 18.6 million toys, Mattel chief executive Bob Eckert predicted more recalls as a result of stepped-up oversight and testing.

Thursday's recall involved orange and yellow Go Diego Go! Animal Rescue Boats, manufactured in China and imported by Fisher-Price. According to Mattel there were 38,000 affected toys in the U.S., 12,000 in Great Britain and 5,500 in Canada, for a worldwide total of 55,500.

Surface paint on the boats contain excessive levels of lead. Several Diego toys were included in the August recall of 1.5 million Mattel toys.

Lead is toxic if ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

Consumer Product Safety Commission spokeswoman Julie Vallese said the recalls are due to the increased scrutiny promised earlier this summer.

"The CPSC, as well as manufacturers, continue to look for products that may violate the lead paint standard," she said.

Mattel spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni said the Diego boats were discovered as part of retroactive testing on products shipping out of Asia that were put on hold after the August recalls.

The CPSC also announced recalls of 627,000 other Chinese-made toys from various manufacturers that are contaminated with lead. The other toys include football bobble head cake decorations, Halloween pails, "Shrek the Third" and "Spider-Man 3" flashing rings, children's jewelry and toy gardening tools.

Vallese reminded parents that the effects of lead are cumulative and that the biggest risk to children remains lead paint in homes.

Representatives from Fisher-Price were not immediately available for comment.

http://newsmeat.com/news/Fisher-Price_r ... h_lead.php

UPDATE 1-Toys 'R' Us recalls Elite Operations toys for lead
Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:59pm EDT
(Adds fake teeth, Ribbit board game recalls)

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Toys "R" Us Inc is recalling about 16,000 Elite Operations toys because the surface coatings of the military-style toys contain excessive levels of lead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday.

The Chinese-made toys were sold from July 2007 through October 2007, and include Super Rigs (#1004), Command Patrol Center (#1020), Barracuda Helicopter (#1023), and 3 Pack 8-inch Figures (#1024).

No other Elite Operations brand military play sets are included in this recall, the agency said.

The toys were sold in stores nationwide and online at toysrus.com for between $10 and $30. The agency said no incidents or injuries have been reported from the Elite Operations toys.

The CPSC also on Wednesday announced the recall of about 43,000 Chinese-made fake teeth sold as Halloween party favors and about 1,500 Chinese-made SimplyFun Ribbit board games because they contain unsafe levels of lead paint.

The "Ugly Teeth" party favors were imported by Amscan Inc and sold at various retailers throughout the United States in 2006 and this year for about $2, the agency said.

The CPSC said the Ribbit board games were sold by SimplyFun independent consultants nationwide from March 2007 through October 2007 for about $18.

The games each contain five frog-shaped wooden pieces that act as pawns for movement. The CPSC said the surface paint on the frogs contains excess levels of lead.

Consumers should immediately remove the frogs from the game and discontinue using them, the agency said. They can contact SimplyFun at (877) 557-7767 for a refund or a set of replacement frogs.

For the Elite Operations toys, consumers should immediately take the toy away from children and return it to any Toys 'R' Us for a full refund or store credit, the CPSC said.

Consumers who bought the fake teeth should return them to the store where they bought them for a refund, the agency said. (Reporting by Karey Wutkowski)

www.reuters.com

There are dozens of stories like this on BuyDirectUSA.com Under the In the News Section. I think you will like the subtitles.

Danger drug found in Christmas toy

By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Nick Squires in Sydney
Last Updated: 1:39pm GMT 07/11/2007

A popular toy has been withdrawn from shops because of fears it may contain a potentially lethal hallucinogenic drug.

Bindeez: Danger drug found in Christmas toy
Bindeez had been tipped as one of the must-have toys this Christmas

Bindeez, which allows young children to make animals and other shapes from beads, were predicted to be a popular present this Christmas.

Retailers, including Woolworths and Argos, withdrew the sets after Moose Entertainment, an Australian company that designed the product, admitted that a "small number" of children in Australia needed treatment after swallowing the beads.

The beads, which are made in China, are supposed to be coated with a harmless glue to allow them to stick together.

Health authorities in New South Wales found they were covered in a chemical which, if swallowed, changes into a compound similar to GHB, a "date rape" drug. The reaction can cause seizures and unconsciousness.

A boy aged two and a 10-year-old girl were admitted to a hospital in Sydney last week after swallowing the beads.

A boy aged 19 months was treated in hospital in Queensland yesterday after eating some of the beads.

Richard King, the chairman of Character, which distributes Bindeez in Britain, said: "We've asked all our customers to take them off the shelf while we retest everything to make sure the toys comply with all regulations."

Moose said it had discovered that some Bindeez in Australia contained ingredients "that did not match laboratory-approved" products.

The Toy Retailers Association named Bindeez as one of their top toys for Christmas. Gary Grant, its chairman, said: "They have been selling very well in recent weeks."

It is understood that about £10 million worth of sets were due to be sold this year.

Character said it would take about four days to retest the products and no retailer could sell them until it received the results from the laboratory.

The retailers said it was "far too early" to talk about a product recall, which could see hundreds of thousands of the toys being returned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... mas107.xml

There should be an US embargo on Red Chinese consumables including chemicals used in food, anything that comes in contact with children, Toys, Clothes, Furniture, etc. Until we can get to the bottom of whats going on.

Where do you shop to find merchandise MADE in America! The idea that trade with China would encourage democracy had its day. Without strict moderation of imports ( quantity and quality ) we are doomed as a nation of American's who produce anything! It's not just China we are importing to our disadvantage. What made America strong what won the wars in Europe was our ability to sustain oursleves!!! We gave Japan the technology to build the weapons used against us! Our junk autos used to build their planes. When will America learn from the lessons of the past!