US lawmakers seek stiffer regulation of made-in-China toys

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US legislators unveiled plans Tuesday for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China toys after Halloween "treat" buckets and costume teeth became the latest tainted products from the Asian nation to be taken off American store shelves.

The Democratic-controlled Congress expects to introduce a wide-ranging toy and child product safety legislation in the "next few days," said Bobby Rush, the head of a House of Representatives panel on commerce, trade and consumer protection.

"We are in intense negotiations as we speak" to forge the Comprehensive Consumer Product Safety Bill, he told a news conference at Capitol Hill, where tainted China-made toys recalled in the run up to Halloween were prominently displayed.

The proposed legislation will ban...