Australia, New Zealand ban lead-tainted toys
The Australian and New Zealand governments on Wednesday banned children’s toys that contain unsafe levels of lead and introduced new penalties for retailers who sell them.
By TNN |
CANBERRA: The Australian and New Zealand governments on Wednesday banned children’s toys that contain unsafe levels of lead and introduced new penalties for retailers who sell them.
The ban replaces a voluntary industry standard and comes after US toy giant Mattel recently made three recalls of Chinese-made toys.
Companies that supply toys with paints with lead contents of more than 90 parts per million face fines of 1.1 million Australian dollars ($940,000) for each offence in Australia and 200,000 New Zealand dollars ($147,000) in New Zealand.
The ban replaces a voluntary industry standard and comes after US toy giant Mattel recently made three recalls of Chinese-made toys.
Companies that supply toys with paints with lead contents of more than 90 parts per million face fines of 1.1 million Australian dollars ($940,000) for each offence in Australia and 200,000 New Zealand dollars ($147,000) in New Zealand.
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