> ...  It just so happens that the Chinese can follow those guidelines and 
> quality levels for far less money than most other countries.

No they can't, that's the problem, the quality suffers in order to
keep the price low.

> The key part is the manufacturer started doing something outside of the 
> guidelines (ie using a non-approved paint supplier) and Fisher Price 
> failed to notice this.  How on Earth can you guarantee the quality of 
> products you are selling if you don't even know which companies are 
> supplying the parts!

This is SOP in China, they probably promised that they had good QA,
showed a few high quality toys, falsified tests, and then went back to
business as usual. The problem is that what shows up isn't the same
as what was ordered, the Chineese feel free to do this because it's
not their kids getting sick.  If they sold these toys to Chineese kids
they'd be all looking at death sentences.  This recall is after being on
notice from Mattel to stop using lead paint.  It's on the verge of
being provably intentional.

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