China Crap Watch

Jul
2nd

Thu

Chinese makers of faulty products rarely suffer consequences - MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON — Chinese manufacturers made more than half of the goods that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled last year, but few of them paid any price for producing defective wares.

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Jul
1st

Wed

Why Chinese Drywall May Make You Sick - WSJ.com
The odors, respiratory complaints and corrosion blamed on drywall from China used in American homes may have been caused by the failure to remove sulfur and other contaminants from synthetic gypsum, some Chinese experts in building materials say.

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Jun
30th

Tue

Consumerist - New Book: Poorly Made In China - China

Want to know how that lead got into your kid’s toys? Why brand-name goods come in containers that fall apart. Or how radioactive cookery ended up on store shelves? A new book out by Paul Midler, Poorly Made In China, promises the inside scoop on why products made in China are as shoddy (and often as dangerous) as seemingly possible.

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Jun
26th

Fri

The Chosun Ilbo: China's Food Safety Law Means Caution for Korean Stars
Korean stars who appear in Chinese food advertising will have to check whether the advertiser’s food is safe after a new food safety law came into effect this month. The aim is to prevent further international embarrassment after a string of scandals such as the deadly baby milk scare brought Chinese food products into global disrepute.

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Jun
16th

Tue

China to publicly expose companies breaching product safety rules - Xinhua
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) — China will publicly expose companies that breach product safety regulations, the nation’s quality supervisor said Tuesday.

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'Made in China:' Regulatory Dilemma - June 14, 2009 Sunday - Control Engineering
The dubious safety of products imported from China has become in many respects the new human rights issue in the U.S.-China relationship — providing China critics a convenient and rhetorically rich target.

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Jun
14th

Sun

Congress Finally Gets Tough on Food Safety - Yahoo! News
Every few months, it seems, a new food-contamination scandal grips the nation, playing out in the same troubling way. Someone dies of a food-borne infection with a scary Latin name. The government recalls a dinner-table staple and traces its contamination to dirty irrigation water or a processing plant. Everything returns to normal until the next case of killer spinach or poisoned peanuts stalks the nation.

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Jun
12th

Fri

Consumerist - Counterfeit Drugs Made In China Relabeled "Made In India"
The Chinese poison train makes plenty of stops outside of the United States. When those stops are in developing countries, bad things can happen. Even worse things happen when dangerous products from China are intentionally mislabeled as being from another country. Say, India.

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Jun
9th

Tue

Epoch Times - Barbie Manufacturer Fined Record $2.3 Million for Importing Hazardous Toys From China

California-based Mattel, Inc., and its Fisher-Price subsidiary will pay $2.3 million for knowingly importing and later recalling approximately 2 million lead-tainted toys. The penalty, imposed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is the highest ever given for violating import and distribution regulations in the country.

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Jun
6th

Sat

Mattel fined $2.3 mln for tainted toys from China - Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Friday it fined Mattel Inc (MAT.N) $2.3 million for violating a ban on bringing dangerous products into the United States.

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