Lead in Distributed Lunch Bags

9/21/2007
Susie Kopecky
California's State Health Department is trying to recall 350,000 lunchbags from China which have been shown to contain high levels of lead.

More bad news for China. The California State Health Department is now trying to recall 350,000 Chinese-made lunch bags which were later shown to contain high levels of lead. The Health Department obtained these lunch sacks from China. According to an article in the San Jose-based Mercury News, "The lunchboxes were imported from China by Los Angeles-based T-A Creations, whose vice president, Andrew Halim, said its initial testing -- of only the bag's lining -- found no lead before they were sold to a second company, You Name It Promotions of Oakland, which sold them to the state."

The Sacramento Health Department has told parents to throw away the canvas lunch bags, which according to the article, were distributed at health fairs to "mainly low-income parents." The bag also has a message encouraging a good balance in nutrition and the consumption of fruits and vegetables.

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