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• 'Tis the season to be careful, US shoppers say

  - 2007-11-23

  WASHINGTON AFP — American parents are Christmas shopping this year armed with product recall notices rather than a wish list for Santa, as visions of foreign-made, dangerous toys dance in their heads. "Sarah would have liked a horse 'sculpt and paint' set, but it was made in China, so...

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• US recalls more Chinese-made toys; lead paint mars bobble heads

  - 2007-10-25

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US government Thursday issued a flurry of product-safety recalls affecting hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made children's toys and jewelry amid fresh concerns about lead paint. The latest recall notices, issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, follow mass recalls of Chinese-made toys earlier this year....

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• US lawmakers vow tighter laws on Chinese-made toys

  - 2007-09-12

  WASHINGTON AFP — US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to enact stricter legislation to prevent potentially dangerous Chinese-made toys from being sold in America, as leading toy firms said safety checks were being boosted. Lawmakers voiced concern at a congressional hearing over recent mass toy recalls by Mattel and other...

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• US lawmakers vow tighter laws on Chinese-made toys

  - 2007-09-12

  WASHINGTON AFP — US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to enact stricter legislation to prevent potentially dangerous Chinese-made toys from being sold in America, as leading toy firms said safety checks were being boosted. Lawmakers voiced concern at a congressional hearing over recent mass toy recalls by Mattel and other...

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• EU threatens action against unsafe toys

  - 2007-08-24

  BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission vowed on Friday to take urgent "regulatory" action against toys deemed to be unsafe after recent high-profile recalls of Chinese-made products from US company Mattel. The European Union's executive arm said that it would decide on taking action after meeting "in early autumn"...

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• Latest recalls prompt calls for tighter control on Chinese goods

  - 2007-08-14

  WASHINGTON AFP — The uproar over defective Chinese toys -- on the heels of scares about unsafe tires, tainted pet food and other flawed goods -- has sullied the "Made in China" label for many consumers and led to calls for greater regulation. A top US senator called Tuesday...

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• US toy firm names China company in lead scare

  - 2007-08-08

  NEW YORK AFP — US toy company Mattel identified a factory in China involved in producing toys which were recalled in the United States over fears they were tainted with poisonous lead, a report said Wednesday. The California-based company named Lee Der Industrial Co. in the southeastern province of...

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• US toy fair is no child's play

  - 2007-02-14

  NEW YORK AFP — One of the strictest rules at this week's American International Toy Fair may sound odd but actually makes perfect sense: no children. Billed as the largest show of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, the New York fair attracts more than 1,200 manufacturers and distributors...

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• Legendary 'living' doll, Barbie goes under the hammer in London

  - 2006-09-22

  LONDON AFP — Like Madonna and Cher, she only needs one name. Barbie, the doll, has inspired girls around the world for more than 40 years, had a biography written about her, is worth billions, and even inspired some of fashion's top designers. Now the forever young icon is set...

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• German court rules out Barbie monopoly

  - 2004-12-11

  KARLSRUHE, Germany AFP — Germany's federal court of justice ruled against giving Barbie a monopoly in the themed doll market, saying that a German rival called Steffi Love had every right to compete with her. Barbie's maker, Mattel Inc., sought an injunction against Simba Toys, which similarly markets dolls...

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