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Chinas top quality watchdog, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ), has introduced a landmark recall system that requires producers to take back unsafe toys and food.
New Delhi, Sept.1 : China's top quality watchdog, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ), has introduced a landmark recall system that requires producers to take back unsafe toys and food.
The watchdog warned that if producers don't initiate the recalls on their own, the government would order a recall and fine the producers up to three times the value of the products.
According to The China Daily, the AQSIQ has announced two regulations applicable with immediate effect. These two regulations follow the introduction of a recall system for defective automobiles in 2005.
Both regulations state that producers must inform the public and retailers, and report to the quality control authorities if it is revealed that their products are unsafe. Retailers must immediately stop selling the products and launch a timely investigation into the defects or they will face a fine ranging from 1,000 to 50,000 yuan (132 to 6,600 dollars).
Even if the products meet the country's quality safety regulations and standards, the regulations note that toymakers should still carry out a recall if their toys are found to be potentially unsafe.
If producers fail to voluntarily recall their products, which then cause serious public harm, they will have their production licenses revoked and be subject to criminal charges, according to the regulations.
Liu Zhaobin, director of the AQSIQ's policy and legislation department, said the recall systems were designed to strengthen the State Council Special Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Administration of Food and Other Products, issued in July.
The AQSIQ also plans to set up a management system of all recall information and evaluate the recalls under the regulations.
The food and toy recall systems follow the issuing of a draft regulation on drug recall last month by the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), which stipulated similar recall procedures for unsafe drugs and medical devices.
ANI
