Everyone loves the odiferous ogre “Shrek,” but the recently announced Shrek glass recall can’t have parents too pleased about what’s going on in the Kingdom of Far, Far Away. Neither ogre ooze nor donkey drool are quite as disturbing as cadmium within the paint used on Shrek glasses which were part of a McDonald’s promotional tie-in with the new movie “Shrek Forever After”. Now 12 million Shrek glasses are being recalled in this tremendous Shrek glass recall, writes the Los Angeles Times.
Don’t pay $ 2 for a Shrek recall glass, please
Each participating McDonald’s will go all in on the Shrek glass recall, as the safety of patrons young and old clearly outweighs profits. Initiative to begin the Shrek glass recall started with California Congresswoman Jackie Speier of San Francisco. Interestingly, Rep. Speier received an anonymous tip concerning the Shrek glasses, so she called in the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to test for possible cadmium contamination. A toxic metal, cadmium can seriously damage internal organs and cause bone softening. Why cadmium was found and where the Shrek glasses came from have yet to be revealed by the Kingdom of the Big Mac.
At the urging of the CPSC, McDonald’s enacted the Shrek glass recall. Parents with Shrek glass recall merchandise should keep it from little ones and return it right away for a total refund.
Being an ogre with McDonald’s
Although Speier commended McDonald’s for their speed in instituting the Shrek glass recall, she made a point of reminding McDonald’s and also the corporate world that they must take better care in “thoroughly reviewing their domestic and international supply chains to keep products with potentially dangerous elements from ever hitting their shelves”.
Cadmium has been found in toys, jewelry before
Cadmium-tainted jewelry has prompted recalls at big-box stores like Wal-Mart before. Others stores have also had to recall various discounted items like children’s toys because of detected cadmium. Such goods are typically cheaply made and do not force a buyer to take out short term loans with no credit check. Rep. Speier played a significant role in introducing legislation to ban the use of cadmium and other toxic metals from children’s jewelry. The Shrek glass recall is yet an additional chapter in the epidemic of dangerous products; hopefully McDonald’s will change their ways and pay greater attention to what they’re giving to their customer base.
Citations
latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mcdonalds-recall-20100604,0,1192411.story
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium
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