Made In China Product Recalls

WZZM13 - China Recalls toys with lead
Toy-making giant Mattel (MAT) issued recalls Tuesday for millions of Chinese-made toys that contain magnets that can be swallowed by children or could have lead paint.

The company recalled 18.2 million toys worldwide, including 9.5 million in the the USA.

The recalls includes 7.3 million play sets in the U.S., including Polly Pocket dolls and Batman action figures, and 253,000 die cast cars that contain lead paint. The action was announced on the company’s website and at a news conference in Washington by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Wal-Mart recalls animal toy sets for lead - Consumer News - MSNBC.com
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is recalling toy animals made in China because of excessive lead levels discovered since it stepped up safety testing in August, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said Friday.

Lead Paint Prompts Mattel to Recall 967,000 Toys - New York Times
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States today because the products are covered in lead paint.

UPDATE 1-Aqua Dots head parade of further US toy recalls | News | Regulatory News | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - About 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots toys were recalled for possibly containing a “date rape” drug, U.S. safety officials said on Wednesday after earlier announcing another batch of toy recalls for unacceptably high levels of lead.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the Aqua Dots craft toys include a chemical, 1,4 butanediol, on their beads which, if swallowed, can turn toxic and cause unconsciousness, respiratory depression, or seizures.

The Aqua Dots toys made Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) list of top 12 Christmas toys and have been sold at major U.S. retail stores since April for between $17 and $30.

Australian officials issued a nation-wide ban on a similar toy after three children were hospitalized.

Also on Wednesday, the CPSC issued recalls for about 403,000 toys with paint containing excessive levels of lead, including 380,000 toy cars sold at Dollar General stores.

Other warnings were for Dizzy Ducks music boxes, Winnie-the-Pooh spinning tops, “Big Red” wagons, Dragster and Funny Car toys, and Duck Family collectible wind-up toys, all because of paint with unsafe levels of lead.

Recalls involving millions of mostly Chinese-made toys, the majority over lead in their paint,