Toy Recalls

Keeping Our Children Safe this Holiday Season

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business


Inez Moore Tenenbaum

Fortunately, this year, you can holiday shop for your child or grandchild with more confidence than ever before. That's because there are new rules on your side and the side of America's children.

Consumer Reports Floored By High-Tech Brakes After Toyota Recall

Scott Burgess | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Scott Burgess

The recent recall by Toyota of 3.8 million of vehicles has a lot of people scratching their heads; Floor mats, really?

In the Dangerous Kitchen

Jeremy Haft | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


Jeremy Haft

America is in dire peril when it comes to our food and drug supply. We're connected in one long chain with China, yet neither of us can effectively police quality.

Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

Mega Brands Recalls 2.4 Million Magnetic Toys

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Toy distributor Mega Brands Inc. recalled about 2.4 million Chinese-made toys Monday, because small magnets could fall out and cause internal damage. ...

101 Dumbest Moments In Business

Fortune | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Ah, what a dumb year it was! Fortune chose the absolutely dumbest of the dumb that the gods of fate and humor delivered into our laps - and yours - th...

Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...

Producer Of "Date Rape Drug" Toy Apologizes

New York Times | Keith Bradshure | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Hong Kong company that manufactured millions of poisonous toy beads in mainland China issued a public apology today, with the chairman saying that...

How To Shop For Safe Toys This Holiday Season

Newsweek | Linda Stern | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


It's a tough year to be a toy-buying parent. In recent months, almost 25 million mostly Chinese-made toys have been recalled because they have dangero...

EU: China Making Progress On Toy Safety

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


China has made "considerable progress" in tackling exports of dangerous toys and other products after a string of recalls, the European Union's consum...

Citizen Activists Help ID Unsafe Toys

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


When the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered a recall of half a million pieces of lead jewelry yesterday, it had two unusual partners: Ward Sto...

What Toys Are Safe?

CBS Early Show | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hannah Storm speaks with Julie Vallese from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about which products are actually safe in the midst of toy recalls ...

Toy Containing "Date-Rape" Drug Pulled

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Australian officials ordered a popular Chinese-made children's toy pulled from the shelves after scientists found it contained a chemical that convert...

Mattel Recalls 155,000 Mexican-Made Toys

Reuters | Darren Ennis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Mattel Inc, the world's largest toymaker, has recalled 155,000 of its products made in Mexico over safety concerns, an official at the company told Re...

EBay Warns Sellers Hawking Recalled Toys

AP Via Time | RACHEL KONRAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


EBay Inc. said Tuesday it is sending notices to sellers hawking recalled items, warning that they could be kicked off the Web site and may have to for...

More Chinese-Made Toys, Jewelry Recalled

AP | Christine Simmons | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled Wednesday, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway produc...

Toy Testers Work Overtime To Prep For Holidays

AP Via Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Gone is the 40-hour workweek at Specialized Technology Resources Inc. Boxes of toys are piling up in the middle of its testing lab, workers are coming...

Mattel Apologizes To China Over Recalls, Take Full Blame

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


U.S.-based toy giant Mattel Inc. issued an extraordinary apology to China on Friday over the recall of Chinese-made toys, taking the blame for design ...

Ogilvy Offers China Pro-Bono Advice Over Recall Scandals

PR Week | Ted McKenna | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


In the wake of recalls involving fish, toothpaste, and other products exported from China, its government has been touting, through state-run media in...

Disney To Start Testing Own Toys For Lead Paint

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Reacting to three separate recalls of Mattel toys found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint, The Walt Disney Company said it would begin its own te...