China Industries International
Made in CHINA!!!
their new corporate logo...
Posted on 08/13/2007 5:58:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
YORK (AP) -- Mattel Inc. is set to announce the recall of a Chinese-made toy as early as Tuesday because it may contain excessive amounts of lead paint. The expected announcement would mark the second recall involving lead paint by the world's largest toy maker within two weeks.
The latest recall, whose details could not be immediately learned, involves a different Chinese supplier, according to three people close to the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. It follows a highly publicized worldwide recall, announced Aug. 1 by its Fisher-Price division, of 1.5 million preschool toys featuring characters such as Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo. That action included 967,000 toys sold in the United States between May and August.
One of the three people confirmed the latest case involves lead paint.
Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, declined to comment. Mattel officials did not immediately return phone calls.
On Aug. 2, Mattel, based in El Segundo, Calif., apologized to customers for the preschool toy recall and said the move would cut pretax operating income by $30 million. In that case, Fisher-Price "fast-tracked" the recall, which allowed the company to quarantine two-thirds of the tainted toys before they reached store shelves.
In documents filed the next day with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mattel noted that additional information became available in July on "other smaller product recalls and similar charges were recorded." Those recalls involved design problems, according to company officials questioned last week.
The latest action would mark the latest in a string of toy recalls that have rocked the toy industry just as it prepares for the critical holiday season. With more than 80 percent of toys sold worldwide made in China, toy sellers are nervous that shoppers will shy away from their products.
In June, toy maker RC2 Corp. voluntarily recalled 1.5 million wooden railroad toys and set parts from its Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line. The company said that the surface paint on certain toys and parts made in China between January 2005 and April 2006 contain lead, affecting 26 components and 23 retailers.
The toy recalls are the latest in a string of hazards in products from China, ranging from faulty tires to tainted toothpaste.
Until now, Fisher-Price and parent company Mattel had never before recalled toys because of lead paint.
Purchase products that are 100% MADE IN THE USA!
Continue to take a stand and be a voice for our pets and our loved ones! Do everything you can to boycott goods made by China and this includes ingredients made in China, Chinese plant processing and Chinese exporting!
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Our animals couldn’t speak for themselves.
Were they the canaries of the food chain?
We have to speak for them.
My baby is the first on this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrCvfj4g9MU
How did I know I was feeding him crap from China?
We have to protect our families now.
BOYCOTT CHINA!!!!!!
Looks like they're trying to kill Chinese toy company executives.
Yikes another recall means another chinese guy to off himself.
And be sure to buy them from Wal-Mart!
More junk from China, just think about all the other products that are coming in which will take 20 years to kill us. (carcinogens etc.)
Looks like they’re trying to kill Chinese toy company executives. LOL
Zhang Shuhong, the boss of Lee Der Industrial Co Ltd commits suicide. Bet the new boss is now wishing Zhang had held on a few extra days before offing himself. Now the new fella may be joining him very shortly.
Market forces punish Poison Me Elmo peddlers ping.
A suspicious person might think these PLA-toys are part of a deliberate campaign to weaken the west.
A slow poison from a patient enemy, as it were...
China Industries Internationaltheir new corporate logo...
I said use RED paint!!!
This recall will cost them far more than what they saved from having the toy made in China
I’m so glad my kids are grown.
But...the BEST toys are the simplest ones. Wooden block sets (that you can make yourself, as did Grandpa), a wooden spoon and a pot, a big old cardboard box that once held an appliance (’Made In China’ most likely), a train set, a jump rope, a milk bottle and some wooden clothespins, a sling-shot.
Yeah, you might shoot out an eye, but that just teaches you to aim better in the future. (Small clusters in the cranium or chest area are best, Little Johnny!) ;)
Or, it pretty much goes without saying: ANYTHING designed by “Irwin Mainway:”
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76jconsumerprobe.phtml
I agree 100%
If Hillary wins and implements socialized medicine, then we'll all be happy to get a "Chinese Toy Company Executive Retirement Plan™" for ourselves, or at least start chewing on the toys to try to commit suicide indirectly.
Now THAT’S funny! Good job!
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Oh wow. Another list to give to my daughter-in-law. And maybe another name could be “don’t-touch-me-Elmo”, or Thomas the Toxic Train.....
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bwaha! Ruvry! Blavo, monk!
May you live in interesting times, Chinese Elmo Obfuscators!
It looks like the soldier boy on the right just ripped one.
Did anyone else think that the Barbie and Tanner set is just plain gross? Barbie has a pooper scooper that she uses to pick up Tanner’s magnetic poop.
Actually....I think the correct romanization for this thread would be...
"ROR!!!"
Hehehe!
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