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Originally Posted by spunkmaster
The EU in 2006 identified 924 products -- from unsafe lighters to wobbly strollers to short-circuiting kettles -- as too dangerous to be sold in its 27 member nations, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
China was the country of origin in almost half of the cases, while over a quarter of all goods the EU imports are from China.
Beijing is battling international mistrust centered around Chinese exports which have been found to contain potentially toxic chemicals and additives. China has recently taken steps aimed at recapturing global confidence in its commitment to ensuring that food, drugs and other products are safe.
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Thanks for these links! Yea.. there is a problem globally
In another world we used to import adult products from China and Hong Kong and generally never had much problems - but, we did sample checking anyways. It's surprising that there appears to be very little checking, either at the point of manufacture (cheaper to resolve issues) or when goods are imported.