He acknowledged that one initial report about a lead contamination of a toy destined for a retailer in France may not have been reported, as the company believed it had intercepted the product before it reached the market, and that this item was not being sold in the US.
Mattel, he said, will now test every batch of its contractors' toys for lead, and require them to buy paint only from approved vendors.
Democratic Senator Richard Durbin praised the toy industry for acknowledging hazardous toys are a real problem.
"There is no corporate denial here," he said. "There is no defensive crouch."
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