(Walmart) Toy Recall Lacked Key Info

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

(AP) The federal consumer product watchdog agency said Tuesday that a unilateral recall of lead-tainted toy animals by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lacked some information that consumers need, including how many toys were sold, when they were sold and at what other retailers.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission spokeswoman Julie Vallese said the agency prefers that companies work with it to produce comprehensive recall announcements that give consumers all the information they need to react.

The nation's largest toy seller announced Oct. 19 that it was pulling sets of plastic toy animals made in China and offering a refund to shoppers. It said its own safety testing, stepped up after this year's string of toy recalls, found excessive lead levels in the material the toys are made of.


The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wal-Mart didn't give consumers enough information during its recall of lead-tainted toy animals. (AP / CBS)

Wal-Mart said Tuesday it always works with the CPSC and did so in this case by notifying the agency of the test results and decision to pull the product.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/30/health/main3431772.shtml

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. And add to that the current CPSC head not wanting more funding or people,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2166995

and we have a Republican wet-dream.