A Hazardous Bite Out Of Halloween

(CBS)  Based on the inquiries by CBS News and the complaint filed with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there is now an official investigation into why some "Ugly Teeth" have levels of lead 100 times beyond the legal limit.

There are thousands of these fake teeth, which have been purchased in the past few days as part of the ghoulish outfits of tiny trick-or-treaters around the country. Lead is dangerous if ingested, and extremely dangerous to small children.

Retailers like Factory Card and Party Outlet, Party City, Halloween USA and distributors like AMSCAN responded to the news today, CBS News correspondent Hari Sreenivasan reports. They say they have pulled the teeth off store shelves, taken the products out of their inventory, warned their sales associates not to sell them, offering full refunds to those who have purchased the toys. Consumers who bought the teeth at Factory Card and Party Outlet can call 888-840-8066.

The Factory Card and Party Outlet chain traced the supply of these toys to JCS Hong Kong Limited, which is the subsidiary of AMSCAN - a company which will soon be purchasing the Factory Card and Party Outlet.

But as we learn in many of these product recalls from Chinese manufacturers, it can often be a labyrinthine trail to get to the producer and assembly line of inexpensively made goods.

The proportion of products that Professor Jeff Weidenhamer found to have high lead levels is what troubled him. Out of 56 Halloween-related products he tested, he found six to have levels between four and 130 times what is allowable. All 6 of the products with these problems were made in China.

"It's not a China problem, its a manufacturer's problem," Rachel Weintraub of the Consumer's Federation of America told CBS News today. Consumer groups aren't that surprised that the revelations of high lead levels in toys coming from China are also now affecting seasonal goods like Halloween toys.

Most of these products likely entered the supply chain well before all the toy recalls made headlines.

It could be a few months to see whether the increased diligence and vigilance by regulators, media, and retailers will pay off.

[minipile]

Amscan quality manager in the HK office does not even know how to read a proper testing report but 100% relIES on his side kick to do it for him.

This guy like his US VP does not have any technical knowledge and product material category knowledge but they are said to be sent to safe guard the safety of the consumer. ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK BY TRUSTING THESE MORONS?

The key supplier of Amscan DahLoong Toys in China, has failed the factory audit from Wal-mark and was being suspended from production. They sent this HK quality manager to resolve the problem but of course he failed for he is just an impostor pretending he has the skill.

Are you Consumers willing to take the risk of using their products??

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The news said it was the problem of the manufacturer. Not entirely the case, sample was approved by Amscan own buyers and they knew what was the product made out of.

Their HK quality department and china inspectors received bride money from suppliers and release problematic shipments. In addition, if a given product fails any of the given product safety test including lead / heavy metal and mechanical hazard, they would deliberately omit the test but ship the goods anyway. In order to save huge spending on product testings, they would also resolve to the same trick by omitting expensive tests such as lead / heavy metal tests but resolve to tests of lesser importance.

They would also conduct format test to a bunch of similar products but coming from different suppliers by assuming that these products are made out of same material and finishing.

If a customer predominantly direct buy customer from the US market has specified a particular test but have failed. They would send their so call VP of product safety to argue with the customer that the test is totally unnecessary saying that this VP has good relationship with CPSC.

Amscan is a company only fill with one objective only to squeeze as much money as possible from the innocent public without considering the safety of you consumers.

DO NOT BUY FROM THEM...

[kaelinda]

Sooner or later, American consumers will rise up in protest, and American companies will have to stop importing products of any kind from China. Some day... when Americans get their guts back after 9/11.

[zootallures2]

Really, you see the proof before your eyes! That''s how the universe works. God made it so if you are evil, you eventually kill yourselfs. NWO, elite...LOL! God is the elite and the new, old, now, and now whole universe order. You are nothing but in his debt no matter how big you fanticize you are or deny reallity.

[allunknowing]

Just another incidence of American Companies utilizing the lowest bidders. Look at Gap and their sweatshop scandal. How long has this been going on? If only we could keep this type of thing inside our borders, we could have Mexicans doing it for 1/2 the cost. As we look the other way when searching for green cards, we could weigh in heavily on FDA and USDA citations. It''s Win : Win!

[Krazcarl]

undermyboot...don''t do drugs brain damaged already don''t need to enhanse it. Attempt at humor...

[downtowner97]

Did you hear that yesterday a ship full of lead from China was sent away by US customs? They found toys in it.

[Krazcarl]

Another article trying to ruin the fun of halloween bet you live in a high rise and don''t give candy scoundrels.