As someone who manages some China supply chains, I agree 100%. Mattel
is responsible for the lead paint, not the Chinese government. After
all, the US government does not enforce compliance to RoHS for US
exports to the EU, nor are they asked to even know what laws exist in
other countries. AND, if my company is non-compliant in the EU, then
the EU is not going to complain to the US government, but instead, my
company will be the one who gets strung up!
I suspect Mattel sales have plummeted and they are attempting to regain
consumer confidence by trying to shift the blame. I think it will work
since most American consumers despise the Chinese for "supposedly"
taking their jobs away while greedily enjoying the low cost consumer
goods from China and the lowest unemployment rate of any country in the
world.
-Ryan Grant
-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] China's Banning Leaded Paint on Toys..NTC
I agree, Mattel and their accounting team are responsible to their
stockholders for profits BUT in shaving those supplier margins they are
ALSO
responsible for safety and compliance of the goods to the design
requirement.
Turning around and blaming the Chinese is a cop out - they are fully
responsible for their supply chain.
John Burke
(408) 515 4992
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tempea, Ioan
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] China's Banning Leaded Paint on Toys..NTC
Hey,
China is trying to become the ultimate mercantile society, with
everything
that this means. I don't want to clear them, but importers like Mattel
should know better, aren't they responsible for what THEY put on the
market?
It's not only the Chinese that become rich from their booming economy.
Ioan
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:05 PM
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Subject: [LF] China's Banning Leaded Paint on Toys..
Just read this in the news during lunch today;
China bans lead paint on US toy exports
WASHINGTON - China signed an agreement Tuesday to prohibit the use of
lead paint on toys exported to the United States.
Unveiled at the second joint U.S-China summit on consumer product
safety, the pact was negotiated in the wake of the recalls of millions
of playthings decorated with paint containing the toxic metal.
China has faced stiff pressure this year after an array of its exports,
including toys, pet food ingredients, fish and jewelry, have been
recalled over health and safety concerns.
In the pact, Beijing also pledged to step up inspections of its exports
and take other steps to ensure that those products meet U.S. standards,
said Nancy Nord, acting head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission. That will include joint efforts by the two countries to
increase understanding of those standards among manufacturers and
exporters.
The absence of such an understanding allowed paint suppliers to provide
lead paint to companies making toys sold by Mattel Inc. and other
companies, said Chuanzhong Wei, vice minister of China's General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Lead
paint has been banned on toys made in the U.S. since 1978...
Give me a 'friggen break!! China's Vice Minister is trying to say that
his country didn't know that we don't want lead paint on our childrens
toys? What's next; "Oh sorry United States, we didn't know that you
didn't want radioactive contamination in the baby formula that we export
to you...".
This is one of those things that make you go hmmmmm...
Steve Gregory
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