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"Made in China"

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When poisoning stopped being effective, someone at the plant decided to try drugging the kids instead. :biggrin:

The company yesterday ordered a nationwide recall of the Chinese-made product, saying a chemical had been substituted without the company's knowledge. The toy contains beads that have been found to contain a chemical that the body metabolises into gamma-hydroxy butyrate (GHB), also known as "grievous bodily harm". It should instead contain a non-toxic glue.
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Best Buckeye;985282; said:
China will be shipping us crap for years, at least until their Mfg. come up more in line with ours. JMO
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Shipping us crap is one thing, shipping us "party drugs" seems a bit off the wall. Perhaps I have simply become so used to china shipping us poison toys the idea of the toys with a little "sumthin sumthin" just caught my attention more than usual!

I can just imagine how many people are buying these particular toys before they yet fully yanked off the market! Colorful candy that gets you high, wheeeeeeeee!
 
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Gone unnoticed by many is the Chinese takeover of the electronics market including stereo and tv parts. In fact Taiwan, which used to be where many electronic parts were made has gotten too expensive to compete with mainland China! In fact my high end stereo was mostly made in Taiwan.
The good news is that the stuff coming from mainland China can be very good. But, as we have seen, it can also be very bad!
Toys are an area of concern as they are built to a very low standard of quality. Built in some cases in shops established in old farming building with dirt floors and no facilities for workers. :sick1:
China is trying to upgrade it's production quality/safety but it's an enormous problem.
 
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Reuters: China says food safety push a complete success

right... and Bernard Rubble has been appointed Minister of Food Safety! ::tic:

China says food safety push a complete success

Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:27am EST

BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China on Monday declared its four-month campaign to ensure food safety a complete success, with all objectives being met months before Beijing hosts the Summer Olympics.

Scandals involving substandard food, drugs and other goods are reported by Chinese media almost every day. The issue burst into the international spotlight when tainted additives exported from China contaminated pet food in North America.

Millions of toys made in China were recalled last year, many by U.S. giant Mattel, mainly because of excessive levels of lead paint.

"The tasks of the rectification campaign have been fulfilled completely and its objectives have all been reached," the State Council Information Office said in a news release.

"The illegal practice of using non-food materials and or recycled food to produce and process food has been basically eliminated. The illegal practice of abusing food additives such as preservatives and colouring has been effectively held back."

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"The tasks of the rectification campaign have been fulfilled completely and its objectives have all been reached," the State Council Information Office said in a news release.

"The illegal practice of using non-food materials and or recycled food to produce and process food has been basically eliminated. The illegal practice of abusing food additives such as preservatives and colouring has been effectively held back."
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word comprehension is fun n such...

good to see that they completely fullfilled their goals of basically elminating and effectively holding back practices that could cause serious injury or death in their customers. i mean, its not like its that big a deal or anything. i would hate for their goals to be "stopping" anything. certainly this issue doesn't call for such drastic measures.

an american company who pulled this type of shit would be shut down. but ya know, its china so its cool. they're doing the best they can. so ya know, if they kill a couple hundred of our kids... hey, they're doing their best! hell, they killed a guy. what more do you want?
 
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OCBuckWife;879802; said:
I think this one may have been all on the heads of whatever import inspector took a look at the items. Wouldn't there have been some kind of smell, from even the smallest of leaks around improperly sealed plastic? Kerosene is STRONG smelling.

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As someone involved in trade, I can pretty much assure you that no "inspector" ever went near that container. 99% of all cargo is cleared on the basis of paperwork.

While we're at it, has anyone given any consideration to the Europeans in all of this. They are not offloading their entire manufacturing base to China, as we are, yet their economies are doing quite well. My personal feeling is that the economy's productivity gains this decade have been largely illusory and a "one-time money shot" and solely the result of transferring manufacturing to low-cost overseas locations.
 
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Nancy Pelosi's Child-Safety Law Leaves the CPSC to Clean Up the Unintended Consequences - WSJ.com
It looks like "Jumanji" in local libraries these days, after the classic children's book about chaos unleashed by the failure to heed warnings. In February, an overzealous law governing lead in products resulted in toys going from store shelves to the trash heap. Now, confusion over how the rules affect children's books has led some libraries to rope off kids' sections.
Last summer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) interpreted the 2008 law to include children's books, though exactly what that means is anyone's guess. CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson told the Associated Press that until the agency can give clearer guidance, especially on books published before 1986, public and school libraries "should take steps to ensure that the children aren't accessing those books." The agency hurried to say it didn't mean to tell libraries to toss the books, but that it is "investigating" whether there are unsafe lead levels.
Democrats in Congress have leapt to criticize acting CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord, in hopes President Obama will replace her.
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Older books pose hardly any danger, according to safety experts at the Centers for Disease Control. The problem is the ambiguity in a law that leaves businesses facing lawsuits if they can't prove their products are safe. In addition to libraries, thrift stores, church bazaars and small batch toymakers are also unclear what they can and can not sell. Makers of bicycles and ATVs have pulled youth models -- designed to increase safety -- off the showroom floor at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Nancy Pelosi boasted last summer that the toy safety law would mean products weren't merely made differently in the future but would be removed from the shelves today. That's the real source of this mayhem, as she was amply warned at the time by Democrat John Dingell, among others. Ms. Pelosi prevailed, and now the harm to thousands of businesses, charities and even public libraries is manifest. Since the House Speaker won't admit a mistake and fix the law, the CPSC must do what it can to prevent more damage to the already challenging economy.
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another poorly written piece of legislation hurting millions in revenues. rather than clarifying the law lets quarntine the childrens section of the library since all books printed before 1986 might have lead in them. the libraries arent supposed to toss the books but hold investigations to see if they have unsafe levels. so now you technically can be held responsible under the cpsc if you saw or let people use toys/products for kids knowingly or unknowingly.
 
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