China blames toy design

A DESIGN fault was mostly to blame for US toy giant Mattel’s recall of millions of products, not the Chinese manufacturers, China’s chief safety watchdog said yesterday.

Li Changjiang also saidChinese factories were in the clear over the alleged discovery of a dangerous formaldehyde chemical in clothing sold in New Zealand, as he sought to reassure the world over the “Made in China” label.

Some 85% of the roughly 20 million toys that Mattelrecalled were due to design faults, Li said.