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, April 4, 2011

Recall: Holiday Rattle Baby Slippers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel A voluntary recall has been ... with the product's importer, Atico International USA Inc., said the China-made ...

Costco Recalls Canopy Tent Over Fire Risk Fears
WalletPop
... the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall was announced by Costco. ... Made by Active Leisure Inc. of Yinzhou, Ningbo, China, the recalled ...

Manganese Bronze to contest cab drivers' claims
London South East
'The claim arises from the product recall, announced by the group on 26 ... The company, 20 percent-owned by China's largest private automaker Geely ...

Kumho Faces Down Strike, China Questions
Tire Review
... and will deal with all product related claims from consumers in China. ... As of April 3, China media reports claimed Kumho would recall 300000 ...

2 Companies Positioned to Lead the Global Auto Industry
Seeking Alpha
China is the world's largest auto market by unit sales. ... Toyota has faced multiple product recalls and lawsuits revolving around serious product defects ...

McCormick Delivers Strong First Quarter Financial Results and ...
Business Wire
Also, in the first quarter of 2010, the Company recorded $5 million of product recall costs related to an ingredient from a third-party supplier that ...

LCBO super store opens in Burlington
Hamilton Spectator
The product selection is almost double. The store is part of a growing trend at ... The recall to reconfigure faulty wiring affects sixth-generation Jetta ...

McCormick & Co.'s CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha
Across both Consumer and Industrial businesses, sales in China rose 7% in ... when we recorded $2 million of product recall costs related to an ingredient ...

Taxi drivers to sue manufacturer
Works Management
The claim arises from a product recall, announced by Manganese Bronze on 26 ... The company, which now does most of its taxi manufacturing in China, ...


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