Attorneys for a Michigan pension fund alleged in a shareholder lawsuit filed Wednesday that Mattel has misled investors by delaying the reporting of defects in its toys to federal regulators. ...more

October 11, 2007

The first recall was bad enough: a million-plus 'Thomas & Friends' toys pulled because of lead paint. The second was surreal: The maker of the smiley-faced trains sent customers 'bonus gifts' so they would stay loyal - and now some of those toys have been recalled, too. ...more

October 3, 2007

First comes the 'wind shower.' Wearing overalls and rubber boots, employees at Fusheng Food Co. stand in a narrow room as air jets in the walls blow away any dust on them. They wade through ankle-deep disinfectant and don caps, gloves and surgical masks. ...more

October 2, 2007

Officials must try harder to resolve China's product safety problems, especially at lower levels that oversee manufacturing, the chief of a special panel says. ...more

October 2, 2007

Three former lead paint manufacturers who lost a landmark lawsuit in Rhode Island would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes contaminated with lead under a state proposal released Friday. ...more

September 15, 2007

After the recall of millions of toys by Mattel, The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it will independently test toys featuring its characters. ...more

September 11, 2007

Mattel's CEO Robert Eckert is expected to testify in separate congressional hearings the next two weeks about the company's procedures alerting federal regulators of major toy recalls. ...more

September 8, 2007

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel Inc., announced late Tuesday that it is recalling more than 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint. ...more

September 5, 2007