Beattie Minister bungles Chinese-made toy recall ...

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

EKKA showbag toy alert

7 September 2007

Children at this year's EKKA have been exposed to potentially dangerous levels of lead in showbag toys not tested by Queensland's Office of Fair Trading.

The bungle was only highlighted after showbag toys destined for Perth's Royal Show were found to contain high levels of lead, cadmium and barium.

It comes just one month after Fair Trading Minister Margaret Keech said "for the first time ever, OFT inspectors found no safety issues with toys or novelties contained in any showbags for sale this year".

Yesterday the Minister's spokeswoman contradicted the statement and said some items with high lead levels had been pulled – they just had not notified the public.

The Courier-Mail was able to track down several parents yesterday whose children were still using and playing with the potentially dangerous toys pulled from Perth-destined showbags.

See - Beattie Minister bungle.

You can't find safety issues if you don't inspect the toys.

Another Beattie Minister who can't get her story straight ...