Toymakers and buyers rebuild trust after China safety scares

14 Jan, 2008

Murray Forbes, managing director of an Australian toy company, is dumping his suppliers in the southern Chinese coastal town of Shantou for good. He found that plastic parts in some of the toys were too small for children and the safety of the paint used was questionable.
"I know now that some of the toys we distributed weren't necessarily compliant (with safety standards)," he said.

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