The CPSC is also considering a possible investigation of whether Mattel notified authorities as quickly as it should have in connection with the Aug. Still, Mattel, which has cultivated an image of tightly controlling production in China, could face an uphill battle convincing consumers about the safety of its products this holiday season. Mattel added that it has completed its testing program for the majority of its toys and spent more than 50,000 hours investigating its vendors and testing its toys over the past four-week period. We apologize again to everyone affected and promise that we will continue to focus on ensuring the safety and quality of our toys." Consequently, several subcontractors are no longer manufacturing Mattel toys. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Eckert said: "As a result of our ongoing investigation, we discovered additional affected products. Robert Eckert, chairman and chief executive of El Segundo, Calif.-based Mattel, warned at a press conference last month that there may be more recalls of tainted toys as the company steps up its investigations into its Chinese factories and increases monitoring of production. That action included 967,000 toys sold in the United States between May and August. 1, Mattel's Fisher-Price division said it was recalling 1.5 million preschool toys featuring characters such as Dora the Explorer, Big Bird and Elmo because of lead paint. They included Chinese-made toys that either had excessive amounts of lead paint or had small magnets that could easily be swallowed by children. 14, covered about 19 million toys worldwide. The Big Big World products were sold nationwide from July through August of this year, while the GeoTrax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year. The recall also included 90,000 units of Mattel's GeoTrax locomotive line and about 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company's Fisher-Price brand. No Barbie dolls were included in the action. The latest Mattel recall, whose details were negotiated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, covers 675,000 Barbie accessories sold between October 2006 and August of this year. The news, along with other recent recalls of tainted Chinese toys from other toy makers, could also make parents even more nervous about shopping for toys this holiday season. The latest action, which involved about 800,000 toys and which was announced late Tuesday, is yet another blow to Mattel. Mattel Inc.'s reputation took another hit after the world's largest toy maker announced a third major recall of Chinese-made toys in little more than a month because of excessive amounts of lead paint.
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