One of two Guangdong factories at the centre of a US toy recall was still in production yesterday, despite a central government ban on the export of its goods.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said this week that it had withdrawn export licences for the two factories, Hansheng Wood in Dongguan and Lee Der Industrial in Foshan .
The watchdog said the factories should stop all exports and ensure product quality.
About 1.5 million wooden train sets made by Hansheng have been exported to the US since January 2005. But the toys were recalled in June by US toymaker RC2 Corporation over concerns that the paint in the sets contained too much lead.
A similar number of preschool toys made by Lee Der, a contracted manufacturer for Mattel's Fisher-Price, were recalled by the US company last week, also because of lead levels in paint.
Xinhua reported that Lee Der's paint supplier had provided 'fake' lead-free paint.