CHINA-FREE

DEFINITION chi-na-free adj. A term proposed for use on food labels to show that products are not made in China.

CONTEXT In light of recent health and safety scares regarding Chinese-made food and products, a U.S.-based company called Food for Health International has announced plans to put "China-free" stickers on its goods. The subtext: These products won't make you sick or have harmful contaminants like melamine.

USAGE Given recent recalls of items from toys to toothpaste, China-free labeling could catch on, though consumers would do well to remember that not all products from China are tainted and not all tainted products are from China.

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Summary of Lead-related toy Recalls

Recalls of toys made in China because of dangerous levels of lead paint include:

* About 23,500 more necklaces, bracelets and pendants imported by Toby N.Y.C. of New York. Phone: 866-235-0588.

* About 850 children's Spinning Wheel Necklace necklaces, produced by Rhode Island Novelty of Cumberland, R.I. Phone: 800-528-5599. Online:
www.rinovelty.com

* Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children's Sunny Patch Chairs, imported by Target Corp. of Minneapolis. The recall involves 350,000 of the toys. The gardening tools and chairs were manufactured by Starite International Ltd. of Taiwan. Phone: 800-440-0680. Online: www.target.com

* About 200,000 Thomas and Friends Wood Railway Toys and 800 Britain's "Knights of the Sword" series toys, distributed by RC2 Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill. The five recalled Thom as and Friends items include the all-black cargo car, toad vehicle, olive green sodor cargo box and all-green maple tree top and signal base accessories. The "Knights of the Sword" recalled toys products include a mounted silver knight on a red horse with an ax; a mounted silver knight on a red horse with two hands on a raised weapon; and a mounted silver knight on a red horse with a lance. Phone: 866-725-4407. Online: recalls.rc2.com <http://recalls.rc2.com>

* About 16,000 children's toy rakes imported by Jo-Ann Stores Inc. of Hudson, Ohio. Phone: 888-739-4120, option 7. Online: www.joann.com/

* An estimated 10,000 Floor Puppet Theaters produced by Guidecraft Inc. of Englewood, N.J. Phone: 888-824-1308. Online: www.guidecraft.com


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