Mattel Recalls More Toys
Published September 5th, 2007
Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toymaker, announced its third recall in five weeks after finding about 848,000 Chinese-made Barbie and Fisher-Price products with paint that may contain excessive levels of lead.
The 11 affected toys include Barbie kitchen and furniture items as well as Fisher-Price preschool Geo Trax Locomotive toys and Bongo Band drums, bringing the number of Chinese-made Mattel products recalled since August to 21 million. No illnesses have been reported, Mattel said yesterday.
The recall is the latest setback to China’s attempt to restore its reputation as an exporter of consumer goods, which generated $344 billion last year. U.S. officials have raised alarm about tainted products from China including seafood containing drugs, toothpaste with an ingredient found in antifreeze and pet food containing a chemical used in plastic.
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