Just a few years back before anyone thought that Chinese suppliers would make a regular thing of cutting corners and putting lives at risk by shipping tainted toys, food- and baby-products and drywall, there was an original incident that stopped everyone in their global sourcing tracks.
And it got us at the time to at least start thinking about the product quality risks associated with demanding ever-cheaper products from China without sending in the requisite supplier development and quality resources.
What was the incident you ask? It was Mattel’s initial lead paint recall (which happened around the same time as the first Thomas the Train/RC2 lead paint recall as well).
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