Recall

China has been prominent in the news of late not because of next year's Olympics so much as the recall of goods manufactured there. So far on the list is pet food, fish, cough syrup, children's toys and hotel toothpaste. But when is a product recall more than that? When the boss of the toy factory hangs himself. Chinese media has reported that Zhang Shuhong, a Hong Kong businessman in his 50s and boss of the Lida Toy Company in the southern province of Guangdong, was found dead in his factory workshop on Saturday - after the recall of about 1.5 million preschool toys made by the factory for Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price. At least he didn't have to suffer through today's news of another toy recall - again related to high lead levels. Good but sad news is that no problems with the toys - some of which have been around since 2002 - have been reported/recorded.