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Halloween toy inspection reveals some scary results
SCARY TOYS:
Recent inspections of Halloween toys revealed that 65.5 percent of samples carried substandard Chinese labels, a bureau official said
STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Thursday, Oct 25, 2007, Page 4
A total of 57 Halloween toys or 65.5 percent of the 87 samples inspected by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection were found to have substandard Chinese labels, an economic official said yesterday.
Wang Cheng-huei (王正輝), deputy director of the bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said the bureau collected 87 samples from department stores and toy shops such as Toys 'R' Us for safety inspection.
QUESTIONABLE ORIGINS
Of those toys, 69 were made in China, 12 were made in Taiwan, while the others gave no indication of their origins.
The bureau then proceeded to inspect the products' flammability, heavy metal concentrations, hazardous sharp points, small detachable parts which could be swallowed and Chinese labels.
Two samples failed flammability tests, one failed a sharp point test and three used substandard packing materials.
Wang explained that packaging for toys should be of a certain thickness to prevent accidents when children play with the materials.
RISK TO CHILDREN
He said that ropes or cords attached to toys should not be longer than 30cm so children will not become entangled.
The bureau has already asked the companies concerned to remove the toys which failed the safety tests from the market and to improve Chinese labels within a specific time limit, the official said.
He said that parents should be aware of such hazards when choosing Halloween toys for their kids.
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