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Probe reveals substandard magnets, risk to children By Lo Chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer More than two-thirds of children’s toys containing magnets are substandard, the Consumers’ Foundation and the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection said on Friday. More than 60 percent of toys on the market with magnetic parts used neodymium magnets, which are also sold under the brand name Buckyballs, they said, citing a probe. Foundation secretary-general Hsu Tse-yu (徐則鈺) said that 15 toys labeled as suitable for children under the age of three were tested, an...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expanding its definition of baby food to include all food products that display an image of an infant or contain the words “infants” or “toddlers” (嬰幼兒) on its outer packaging, it said on Saturday. The Consumers’ Foundation in December last year said that among 20 rice-based foods it randomly sampled for testing, four contained higher-than-allowed levels of cadmium, but as rice crackers were considered general food, rather than baby food, despite their packaging, they met the standards for adult consumption. The allowable maximum levels...

More than 37% of vendors unlawfully sell cigarettes to teens: report 01/26/2021 10:46 PM CNA file photo Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Teenagers in Taiwan can easily buy cigarettes at 37.1 percent of stores across the country that sell the item, even though it is illegal, a government commissioned report that inspected 660 businesses has found. The randomly selected businesses included grocery stores, internet cafes, convenience stores and other sellers nationwide, said the Consumers' Foundation, which was commissioned by the government to carry out the investigation. The investigation was conducted A...

20 Cashbox fire victims seek NT$39.72 million in class action lawsuit 01/20/2021 02:05 PM Cashbox Partyworld KTV Chairman Lien Tai-sheng. CNA file photo Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) The Consumers' Foundation on Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against Cashbox Partyworld KTV Chairman Lien Tai-sheng (練台生) and six others on behalf of 20 claimants injured in a fire at the company's Linsen outlet in Taipei last year. In the lawsuit filed with Taipei District Court, the foundation asked Lien and six related people -- five employees and a maintenance foreman identified by the surname Wang (王)...

Taichung clinics face lawsuit over toxic prescriptions Staff writer, with CNA A group of 30 patients yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit against two traditional Chinese medicine clinics and a supplier in Taichung over toxic prescriptions that led to lead poisoning. The group is seeking more than NT$1.27 billion (US$44.6 million) in compensation from Sheng Tang Chinese Medicine Clinic (盛唐中醫), Jiu Fu Chinese Medicine Clinic (九福中醫) and their supplier Hsin Lung Medicine Co (欣隆藥業), said the Consumers’ Foundation, which is helping the claimants with the lawsuit. Twenty ...