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, November 16, 2009

Sales Work Taught Hankook Tire Quality Speaks
Wall Street Journal
I follow basic rules in decision-making: to recall products if the quality does not meet standards; to scrap products if the quality is in doubt and to ...
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Editorial: Steps must be taken on behalf of homeowners with toxic Chinese drywall
TCPalm
Intensify negotiations with the Chinese government to determine the nature of the contamination in the drywall, recall all defective drywall, ...
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Recall: Easton EA30 stem
BikeRadar.com
By BikeRadar Easton Sports is voluntarily recalling EA30 stems sold between August 2007 and September 2009, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission ...
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Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha (blog)
You may recall that during the second quarter, we announced the Project PANDA, a collaboration of Yingli, ECN and Amtech to develop next generation high ...
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HP buys 3Com, validates Cisco
SemiAccurate (satire)
If you recall, Cisco jumped into the server arena earlier this year, and the server OEMs suddenly got very frightened. The first Cisco servers were a bunch ...
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Agilent Technologies, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Fourth quarter China orders for example were up 30% from one year ago. By product platform both GCs and LCs remained down double digits from last year while ...
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Easton Sports bicycles recalled
United Press International
Bicycles made with EA30 stems are involved in the voluntary recall, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced. The stems, which connect the ...
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Homelite Backpack Blowers Recalled Due to Leaking Fuel, Fire Hazard
Attorney at Law
Homelite Consumer Products Inc. of Anderson, SC and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall after the company received 18 ...
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Canada's Mega Brands returns to profit
Reuters
TO) returned to profitability in the third quarter as it tried to move beyond a messy legal dispute and a toy recall. The Montreal-based company said on ...
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Maclaren safety kits coming to Shanghai
Shanghai Daily
The company said it wasn't taking the product off the market, but offering repair kits to cover the stroller's hinge. Since the recall only extended to the ...
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Little Tikes to bring jobs back to US - Hudson Hub-Times | Made In ...
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Little Tikes to bring jobs back to USHudson Hub-TimesIsaac Larian, president of Little Tikes' parent company MGA Entertainment, announced Oct. 20 that the toy manufacturer will stay in Hudson. ...and more »
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Telstra BigPond News and Weather
China's bogus swine flu masks firm shut. 14 Nov 2009 - 08:34pm. A company in northern China that claimed its face masks could prevent swine flu has been shut down and ordered to recall the product, a safety watchdog said. ...
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Chen Qi -The World of Micro-Organism Virus | Swine flu | H5N1 ...
By Chen Qi
A company in northern China that claimed its face masks could prevent swine flu has been shut down and ordered to recall the product, a safety watchdog said. Tianjin Mingda Science and Technology Co Ltd had told consumers that wearing ...
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Easton Stem Recall « Bike Monkey Magazine
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Easton Sports, has announced a voluntary recall on about 6400 bikes with EA30 stems. The bicycle stem can crack and cause the rider to lose control, posing a risk of serious injury if ... The stems were manufactured in China. Consumers should immediately stop riding the bicycles and contact any authorized Easton Sports for a free replacement stem. Via Bicycle Retailer and Industry News · Bookmark and Share ...
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A year to forget at Menu Foods
From the moment he initiated a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food in 2007, the chief executive of Menu Foods Income Fund knew life would never be the same. At least a dozen cats and dogs were dead and Menu's product was being blamed. ... The poison scare occured after a broker sold wheat gluten imported from China to Menu and 14 other manufacturers in the United States. The gluten was spiked with melamine, a toxic substance used to make plastics, ...
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