世界十大产品召回案(双语)

世界十大产品召回案

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Toyota has said it will recall more than 9 million cars to fix faulty gas pedals and floor mats that

can cause unintended acceleration. TIME recaps 10 of the largest - and most disquieting - recalls

to date

丰田宣布将会召回至少

900

万辆车，

对车辆出现问题的油门踏板和可能会无意识导致加速的

地毯进行修理。

《时代》总结了迄今为止十项最大规模也是最让人懊恼 的召回。

Toyota's Faulty Pedals

Toyota is having problems. On Jan. 21 the world's largest automaker issued a recall - its second in

three months - on 4.1 million vehicles sold in the U.S. and Europe to fix faulty gas pedals that

have

a

tendency

to

get

stuck,

causing

unintended

acceleration.

This

is

on

top

of

a

November

recall of 5.3 million cars (and counting) believed to have ill-fitting floor mats that have a tendency

to

trap

pedals.

In

total,

more

than

9

million

Toyota

cars

worldwide

have

been

pulled

back

for

pedal- related flaws. That's a lot of cars. In fact, it's nearly the same amount as the total number

vehicles

all

carmakers

sold

in

the

U.S.

in

2009.

The

House

Oversight

and

Government

Reform

Committee

announced

plans

to

investigate

the

recall,

and

whether

the

Japanese-based

automaker needlessly put the public at risk.

Honda drivers have no room to gloat: 646,000 Honda Fits, Jazzes and Cities (including 140,000

cars sold in the U.S.) have been recalled to fix a faulty window switch known to accidentally catch

fire.

丰田宣布将会召回至少

900

万辆车，

对车辆出现问题的油门踏板和可能会无意识导致加速的

地毯进行 修理。

《时代》总结了迄今为止十项最大规模也是最让人懊恼的召回。

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Cribs Recalled After Infant Death

More than 400,000 drop-side cribs made by Simplicity were recalled July 2 after an 8-month-old

child

in

Houston

suffocated.

The

Chinese-made

cribs

had

a

detachable

side

that

easily

broke,

creating

a

gap

between

the

side

of

the

crib

and

the

mattress

where

a

child

could

potentially

become trapped and suffocate. It wasn't Simplicity's first snafu with the cribs. In September 2008,

the company recalled 600,000 cribs of the same type; in 2007 a million older-model cribs were

recalled after two children became trapped and suffocated. In an interview on The Early Show,

Consumer

Product

Safety

Commission

chairman

Inez

Tenenbaum

said,

have

recalled

2

million of these in the past few years because the company would change the hardware, but it

never worked.

婴儿床在出现幼儿死亡之后被召回

超过

40

万张由

Simplicity

公司生产的下拉式围栏婴儿床在

6

月

2

号一位在休斯顿的幼儿窒息

这种中国制造的婴儿床有一可拆开的边非常容易损坏，

会在车的边缘和床垫

之间产生缝隙，而这缝隙可能卡住孩子并有窒息 的危险。这并不是

Simplicity

第一次因为婴

儿床而被推上风口浪尖了。早在

2008

年的< /p>

9

月公司召回了

60

万张同款婴儿床；而

2007

年

有

100

张老款婴儿床因为两个儿童被卡住并窒息而宣布召回。< /p>

在访谈节目

《

The Early Sh ow

》

中，消费者产品安全委员会主席

Inez Tenenbaum

说道：

我们在过去的几年因为公司希望会

对床的硬件进行更换已经召回了

200

万张婴儿床，但却从没起到什么作用。

China's Product-Safety Recalls

In 2008, China's largest provider of milk powder recalled 700 tons of baby formula after one child

died

and

more

than

50

others

developed

kidney

problems.

Melamine,

a

chemical

used

in

the

making

of

plastic,

was

found

in

the

baby

formula;

it

later

emerged

that

unscrupulous

manufacturers

had

been

adding

it

to

food

products

to cheaply

boost

protein

values.

Two

men

were

eventually

sentenced

to

death

for

their

role

in

the

scam.

The

revelations

only

further

damaged

China's

reputation

in

production.

Melamine

had

been

a

problem

a

year

earlier,

in

March

2007,

when

the

FDA

recalled

more

than

60

million

cans

of

cat

and

dog

food

after

the

death

of

14

pets.

In

addition

to

spoiling

food,

Chinese-made

toys

were

recalled

later

in

2007;

Mattel took several of its Barbie and Polly Pocket products off the shelves because of concerns

over toxic lead paint and hazardous magnet parts.

中国食品安全召回事件