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 25, 2010

Los Angeles Times

1.5 million strollers are recalled
Los Angeles Times
"I'm a little dismayed that something like that could make it through product testing." Many merchants responded to the recall by posting the agency's ...
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Recall: 1.5 million Graco strollers
Chicago Tribune (blog)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Graco Children's Products Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of 1.5 million Passage, Alano and Spree ...
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Dorel Asia cribs are recalled after a 6-month-old dies
Los Angeles Times
By Andrea Chang The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday announced the recall of about 635000 cribs after the death of a 6-month-old child and ...
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China Province Discovered More Melamine-Tainted Milk
Wall Street Journal
11 conceded delays in publicly announcing the action—including a national recall of the problem milk and closure of the dairy that produced it—by saying the ...
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Product recalls: syringes, cheese products, mops, ovens, elliptical trainers
ABC News
—About 162000 Lysol steam cleaning mops, made in China by Conair Corp. of Stamford, Conn., because hot water mixed with Lysol can spurt out and rupture the ...
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Asian Stocks Fall for Fifth Day Amid China Tightening Concern
BusinessWeek
China said yesterday that fourth-quarter gross domestic product grew 10.7 percent from a year ago, while the World Bank said developing Asian economies face ...
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Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China
China Daily
French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen will recall combined 263 autos of three models sold to the Chinese mainland due to defective radio, China's product ...
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China jewelry makers say toxic metal cuts costs
SouthCoastToday.com
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced it was opening an investigation into the AP's findings, and China's government also took notice of the ...
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Consumer Product Recalls in 2009
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
Consumer Products in the United States are regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). There have been several recalls of consumer products ...
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Melamine-laced milk products still for sale in China: report - Posted
By Gillian Grace
It quoted a former dairy industry official as saying it was likely more tainted goods remained in supermarkets despite a major recall after the 2008 scandal, which highlighted China's persistent product safety problems. ...
National Post - Posted - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/default.aspx

Sliced Fingers Spur Graco Stroller Recall - CBS News
The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc. includes certain model ... I would much rather use American made product instead of from China, Japan, etc. ...

GlossyNews.com | Tag Archive | product recall
Tags: birth control, chinese goods, condoms, product recall, prophylactics, ... That's right, yet another "Made in China" product has copulators all over ...

MCOT English News : Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China ...
Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China mainland on faulty radio ... mainland due to defective radio, China's product quality watchdog has announced. ...

 

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