17 percent toys do not pass inspection: BSMI

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) recently conducted a research on the labeling qualities of toys that can be bought in shops or on the Internet.

Out of all the inspected toys, twelve of them were made in Taiwan and 31 of them were from China. There was one toy that was made in Japan while one item was made in an unknown location, local media reported. BSMI officials said eight toys were found to have been sold with poor quality descriptions.

Some toys lacked the warning sign that was considered as essential while other items were missing government's certification numbers and production companies' addresses, they continued.

Officials said the "suitable age" had not been mentioned in some of the description labels too.

Only one toy that was inspected was found to be unsafe for children to play with becuase small items fall out easily and kids may swallow them by accident, officials added.

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