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.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Last Weeks China Made Products Recalls

China to enhance int'l co-op on product quality improvement in 2008
Xinhua - China
The Chinese government responded the scandals by introducing a new recall system last summer, launching a four-month-long nationwide product quality ...
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China toy exports surge 20 pct in first 10 mths of 2007 despite ...
Forbes - NY,USA
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Exports of Chinese toys surged over 20 pct in the first ten months of last year despite a wave of high-profile product recalls, ...
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China making progress in battle against shoddy and unsafe products ...
International Herald Tribune - France
"If China's leaders pay this much attention to the quality of products ... we can achieve the goals we are trying to reach by the end of the year," Li ...
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Toy Wagon Recall
WLNS - Lansing,MI,USA
The products are imported by Tri-cam Industries and were made in China. They are sold with the product model is MH1250 between September 2002 and November ...
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Chinese toy factories under threat, says Hong Kong body
Channel News Asia - Singapore
HONG KONG - Hundreds of Hong Kong-owned toy factories in China may be forced to close after huge global recalls hit the industry, a toy body here said ...
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Chinese exports safe, good quality: US official
China Daily - China
"Among people who have knowledge of products from China, as a result of their profession, I think there is general acceptance that the overwhelming majority ...
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US the net loser in Pakistan The country slipping into terrorists’ net
Organiser - New Delhi,India
True to form, few in India now seem willing to recall her promise to continue her father’s thousand-year jehad against Hindu India. ...
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China to issue 1st product recall rule
CCTV - Beijing,China
China's first draft on the recall regulations of defective products will be issued this year. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, ...
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Toy Wagons Recalled: Will This First Recall of the Year Start a ...
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
This looks to be the first children's product recall of the year - not exactly a good first for the new year. According to the CPSC, Tricam Industries has ...
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More legislation to help combat shoddy products
China Daily - China
Four quality control regulations will be drafted, including one on the import and export of food products and another on the recall of defective products. ...
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Companion Birds treat recall
By sue
REASON Pet treats were imported from China. LOS-DO sampled the treats and they were positive for melamine. The shipments were placed on hold for redelivery and was erroneously shipped into commerce. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE ...
Natures Corner - http://WWW.NaturesCornerMagazine.COM/NaturesBlog/

 

Recalled Bird treats!
By BareFootAviary
initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Pet treats were imported from China. LOS-DO sampled the treats and they were positive for melamine. The shipments were placed on hold for redelivery and was erroneously shipped into commerce. ...
Tailfeathers Bird Community - http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/community

 

China's toy exports grow rapidly in 1st 10 months of 2007 - Xinhua
By Sasha B. -Admin
Xinhua, China - 16 minutes ago In 2007, "Made in China" experienced an unprecedented "confidence crisis," triggered by the recall of China-made toys by Mattel Inc. of the United States. ...
Made In China Product Recalls - http://madeinchinaproductrecalls.com/

 

Dev Sabnani - Lead Paint and Food Scares in China
By Ng Pei Xiang(khooky)
China vows to get tough over unsafe products (Straits Times, 17 August 2007) Source B BEIJING (AFP) - - Exports of Chinese toys rocketed in the first 10 months of last year despite a wave of high-profile recalls of products made by the ...
the history society - http://thehistorysociety.blogspot.com/

 

Another Chinese Pet Food Recall — Bird and Pet Rodent Foods Test ...
PRODUCT a) Wild Harvest Fruit and Honey Cockatiel, Recall # V-021-2008; b) Ecotrition Tropical Fruit and Honey Bars, Recall # V-022-2008; c) Wild Harvest Hamster, Gerbil, Mouse & Rat Honey Cakes, Recall # V-023-2008 ...
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Epoch Times | U.S. Parents Wary After China Product Recall
The recall of millions of Chinese-made toys by US toy company Mattel Inc. will make Americans more cautious about buying toys made in China but will not ...