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 11, 2010

Recall News
ABC News
By AP AP — About 22000 select Acer Aspire-series notebook computers, manufactured in China by Acer America Corp. of San Jose, Calif., because an internal ...
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Recalls This Week: Gas Cans, Grills, Computers
New York Times
PRODUCT: Master Forge five-burner gas grills, manufactured in China and imported by LG Sourcing Inc. of North Wilkesboro, NC They were sold at Lowe's stores ...
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Recall: Children's 'Big Rex and Friends' cloth books
Chicago Tribune (blog)
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission and St. Martin's Press LLC Friday announced a voluntary recall of approximately 204000 "Big Rex and Friends" ...
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Product recall news: Primal Vantage plastic tree steps pose fall hazard
NewYorkInjuryNews
The China-made product was sold at participating outdoor and sporting good store across the country in 2009. All who have purchased the products are advised ...
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MyFox Houston

CPSC Recalls Gas Grills, Toy Figures
MyFox Houston
HOUSTON - The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling two products, the Master Forge Five Burner Gas Grill and a Military Toy Figure. ...
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CPSC recalls military toy figures for violating lead paint standard
Justice News Flash
No injuries or incidents were reported involving the toys that were manufactured in China. The recalled product is packaged on a blister card, ...
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LG Electronics to Recall 98000 Dehumidifiers
TransWorldNews (press release)
The company, which is based out of China, has received 11 reports of incidents, including four fires that caused significant smoke or water damage. ...
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Dairy Probe Began Almost 11 Months Before Being Disclosed
Wall Street Journal
Now, among the allegations against the company are that instead of destroying its melamine-tainted product that had been recalled in 2008, Shanghai Panda ...
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US consumer chief issues warning to Asian firms on use of toxic cadmium in ...
Gaea Times (blog)
December 16th, 2009 Product Recalls: Timberland children's bootsThe following recall has been announced: — About 21000 children's Timberland Classic ...
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LG portable dehumidifiers recalled due to fire/burn hazard
NewYorkInjuryNews
Consumers are advised to discontinue use immediately, and to contact LG to verify if your product is involved in the recall. Consumers can return their ...
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LG Recalls Defective Dehumidifiers for Fire Hazards :: Product ...
Our firm has recently won significant settlements for clients who have suffered serious injuries because of products that contain substandard parts made in China. Saving money or maximizing profits is important for any product ...
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Japanese soy milk product recalled in Singapore - ChinaBizNow
By admin
Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Wednesday that it has issued a recall of a soy milk product imported from Japan due to unusually high levels of iodine. The AVA said that it has conducted tests on the soy ...
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eFoodAlert.com: Recall Roundup: January 8, 2010
By Phyllis Entis
Consumer Products Safety Recall: Jide Trading, Inc. (Commerce, CA) recalls Toy Military Figure, manufactured in China, because surface paint on the toy contains excessive levels of lead. Consumer Products Safety Recall: St. Martin's ...
eFoodAlert.com - http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/

Sagittarius Sporting Goods Recalls Gas Grills From Lowe's: Fire Hazard
By CPSC
NAME OF PRODUCT: MASTER FORGE FIVE-BURNER GAS GRILLS. UNITS: ABOUT 10000. MANUFACTURER: SAGITTARIUS SPORTING GOODS, OF CHINA. IMPORTER: LG SOURCING, INC. OF NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.. HAZARD: THE FLEXIBLE RUBBER HOSE ON THE LP GAS TANK CAN ...
US Recall News - http://www.usrecallnews.com/

Jide Trading recalls toy military figure due to violation of lead ...
By Baron
Manufactured in: China. Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Jide Trading for a full refund or replacement toy. Consumer Contact: For additional information, call Jide Trading toll free at (866) 544-7822 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday ... CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. ...
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Product Recall of the Week – “Bobby Chupete” Pacifiers by Grand ...
This massive recall of over 600000 pacifiers is a good example of a product that was poorly designed and could easily result in the a baby's death.

Leader Telegram: Business - More consumer product safety alerts ...
Product: LED Rocketship PalPODzzz portable night lights, made in China and imported by Osram Sylvania Products. The recall involves LED Rocketship PalPODzzz ...

YouTube - 13 Product Recall database launched
Managing the Dreaded Product Recall with RedPra... 67 views ... Global Pulse - 07/19/07: Made in China vs. Made... 8565 views. linktv · Product Recall ...

Product Safety Summit Shows Value of Cooperation--CBR January ...
The recent bilateral product safety summit brought the US-China dialogue to a ... Recall statistics indicate that this increased cooperation among the key ...

The U.S. CPSC on the recall of Chinese-made implementation of the ...
March 3, 2009, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Frontrow made in China, laptop battery jointly announced the implementation of NIMH AA ...

 

China Finds Another Way To Poison US Kids
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
The CPSC and toy firms claim that they cannot police the hundreds of facilities that make the products. Chinese companies continue to export toys to the US ...
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AP IMPACT: Toxic Metal in Kids' Jewelry From China
ABC News
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist ... in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. ...

Cadmium found in trinkets from China
Boston Globe
It's a poison,'' said Bruce A. Fowler, a toxicologist at the Centers for Disease ... While the Consumer Product Safety Commission has cracked down on the ...

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
Westfall Weekly News
It'sa poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and ... company's office in southern China who would not give her name said FAF products "might ...

AP IMPACT: With lead use barred, tests reveal toxic cadmium in ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD , AP Do they have a plot to poison the population and take over the ... if you can find them, to a China product, the price is the same. ...

Albany Times Union

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
Albany Times Union
Jewelry industry veterans in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. Zinc, the metal most cited as a replacement for lead in ...

Canada's pharmaceuticals will be coming from China
Toronto Sun
The Post tells us some 40000 natural health products are available in Canada, a huge number of which are produced in China. It's anyone's guess what's in ...

Your View: Free Trade With China; Lawyers and Facebook; and More
Jakarta Globe
The FTA is bad for Indonesia because China's products are heavily subsidized by the ... China's development model is not sustainable and is poisonous to its ...

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
The Olympian
A spokesman for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which regulates ... It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist ...

Telegraph.co.uk

The perfect antidote to Anjem Choudary's Islamist poison
Telegraph.co.uk
Some schools already in the UK do not prepare pork, or any products with alcohol within them, ... Nearly 20 million Muslims live in China. 5. ...

Intentional Poisoning: Feds probe cadmium in kids' jewelry from ...
By Europe
Moving swiftly, U.S. product safety authorities say they are launching an investigation into the presence of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry imported from China after disclosure of lab tests showing that some pieces ...
The European Union Times - Breaking... - http://www.eutimes.net/

Carcinogen found in Chinese jewelry | Bryan/College Station, Texas ...
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. Jewelry industry veterans in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. Zinc, the metal most cited as a replacement for lead in imported jewelry being sold in the United States, is a much safer and nontoxic ...
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The Adventures of Melody Yellowvan: Avoid jewelry made in China ...
By Becca
Avoid jewelry made in China--Cadmium poison! Cadmium is a highly toxic, cancer causing substance that is cheaper than zinc and is being used to replace the now-highly-regulated lead in toys and jewelry, especially those manufactured ...
The Adventures of Melody Yellowvan - http://beccajones.blogspot.com/

AP INVESTIGATION: Tests reveal toxic cadmium in kids' jewelry from ...
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD
Moving swiftly, US product safety authorities say they are launching an investigation into the presence of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry imported from China after disclosure of lab tests showing that some pieces consisted ... It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. ...
San Francisco Examiner AP Story... - http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/ap-stories-rss

China selling children's jewelry in U.S. contaminated with ...
By Staff
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. .... An official at FAF's headquarters did not respond to multiple requests for comment when informed of Weidenhamer's results; a woman at the company's office in southern China who would not give her name said FAF products "might naturally ...
The Hour Headlines - http://www.thehour.com/

More poison from China,now in kids jewelry? - Yahoo! Answers
Do you think it's by accident all of these poisonous products keep turning up from China or are they just that inept? This one contains Cadmium a known ...

China Recalls Milk in New Poison Scare - Melamine contamination ...
The recall so far is limited to products from a... World News Summaries. ... China Recalls Milk in New Poison Scare. Melamine contamination feared in 7 ...

New ad campaign touts 'made in China' - USATODAY.com
BEIJING — Tainted toothpaste, drugged catfish, lead-painted Elmos, poison pet food. ... "It's a fact that many products made in China are designed in ... "It helps create a positive, objective image for made-in-China products." ...

YouTube - China Continues To Poison Americas Children!
And all those China made shoes are good(not include fake one).You can boycott each product/company/Dealer which sell poisonous product and it works much ...