New spinach recall tests safety measures

KING CITY, Calif. - Tough food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a produce company came up positive for salmonella bacteria, prompting a new recall. To read the rest of the article click here.

Unsafe Imports from China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration will conduct a meeting this fall to hear Americans' advice on how to stem a wave of unsafe imports from China and other countries, officials said on Thursday. To see the rest of the story click here.

Problem getting rid of recalled toys

Parents are scrambling to figure out what to do with millions of recalled toys that are either tainted with lead or otherwise hazardous to children.

Mattel recalled about 19 million toys worldwide and said it is working on a responsible approach but could not provide details.

Many parents are confused about how to dispose of the toys. All a parent knows at this point is that they need to get them out of their kids' toy chests.

Some parents may find returning a toy and waiting for a voucher a cumbersome process and will opt instead to simply throw out the dangerous toys.

My suggestion is to go to the manufacturer's webiste and see what their recommendations are at thisi point.

For Mattel and Fisher Price toys go to this website....
http://www.mattel.com

Recall of Mattel's Fisher-Price toys with lead

On Thursday, Mattel's Fisher-Price brand announced it is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The recall involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August.
Under current U.S. regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead are subject to a recall.
For parents, replacing the tainted toys with ones they trust are safe could pose a problem: 80 percent of all toys are made in China.

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