New recall of Chinese toys
New York, August 23, 2007
Two more US firms have recalled Chinese-made toys, saying they include paint with dangerous levels of lead.
The items include SpongeBob SquarePants spiral address books and diaries, Thomas the Tank Engine spinning tops and some toy buckets sold in the US.
The recall of about 300,000 toys comes a week after US firm Mattel recalled 18.5 million toys.
That prompted a US senator to called for all toys imported into the country from China to be inspected.
Ohio toy firm Martin Designs and Schyllings Associates of Massachusetts issued the recall through the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
About 250,000 of the books were sold between June 2006 and July 2007, while the spinning tops and buckets were in shops between 2001 and 2002.
Parents are being told to take the items away from children.
China has not commented on the latest recall but it earlier it pointed out that of the billions of goods it produces every year, only a fraction are found to be faulty.
