Wal-Mart’s Ties to Testing Lab Exposed

Posted: 03/07/08

With all the recent news about unsafe toys being imported and sold by U.S. retailers, ensuring products are tested in a comprehensive and unbiased manner couldn't be more important. That's why a report in today's Wall Street Journal is so troubling. The article details the close link between Wal-Mart and Consumer Testing Laboratories... whose testing headquarters just happens to be located in Northwest Arkansas.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120485436489218371.html [via Wall Street Journal] 

Walmart Finally Attempts to Address Food Safety Concerns

Posted: 02/07/08

Read the full article at WalmartWatch.com 

This past summer, story after story came out about tainted food being sold by Wal-Mart. Spinach infected with E. Coli, pot pies tainted with salmonella, unsafe hamburger meat and pet food contaminated with melamine were just some of the unsafe edibles being sold by the retailer, which has been working to increase its food offerings since 2005. Now, after months of criticism from Wal-Mart Watch and our allied partners, Wal-Mart is finally pledging to address these and other food safety concerns. Will the retailer follow through?

Click here to read “Eat At Your Own Risk” (PDF), an in depth look at Wal-Mart’s unsafe food practices. Click here for a full archive of news stories on dangerous food at Wal-Mart.

Lead-tainted Bibs Expose Wal-mart’s Incomplete Recall Practices

Posted: 02/05/08

Read the full article at WalmartWatch.com:

It appears that Wal-Mart only recalls products when it absolutely has to. Consumerist brings news of lead-tainted bibs still on sale in a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Pennsylvania DESPITE the fact that the bibs were recalled more than 8 months ago. This isn’t like other recalled-products-still-for-sale stories (see also: Nazi T-shirt, misc. toys). Wal-Mart’s continuing sales of recalled bibs in Pennsylvania isn’t an employee mistake: it’s a company policy. The products in question - Baby Connection 7-Pack Feeder Bibs - were banned in Illinois for their high lead content, but in the absence of a nationwide recall, Wal-Mart is still selling the bibs in other states. Why does Wal-Mart continue to sell products it knows are dangerous? The company seems to be putting profit before infants’ safety.

Walmart Is Still Selling Recalled Lead-Tainted Bibs [Consumerist]

Prison Shank Polly

Posted: 02/05/08