Just in time for Christmas
Feds seize lead toys from China
A large shipment of Chinese toys found to have high concentrations of lead was seized earlier this month in Seattle.
On Oct. 14, officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Product Safety Commission confiscated 499 cartons of toy jewelry bound for Marietta, Ga.
Samples taken from the shipment were tested and shown to have unacceptable levels of lead, a violation of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
Customs officials valued the shipment, which contained 4,990 pieces of jewelry, at over $48,000.
courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A large shipment of Chinese toys found to have high concentrations of lead was seized earlier this month in Seattle.
On Oct. 14, officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Product Safety Commission confiscated 499 cartons of toy jewelry bound for Marietta, Ga.
Samples taken from the shipment were tested and shown to have unacceptable levels of lead, a violation of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
Customs officials valued the shipment, which contained 4,990 pieces of jewelry, at over $48,000.
courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer.