Explosive Kellogg's toys are produced in Dongguan Small Workshop

In this regard, the responsible person of Dongguan Kanglianda Cap Bag Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which is responsible for the OEM production, admitted that the products were issued to the villagers twice, and the number was between hundreds of thousands and one million. Regarding the health and safety of the product, a person in charge of the company said that “there is no guarantee that the standard will be fully met”.

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Kellogg's toys are produced in Dongguan Small Workshop

In order to confirm that the report was true, the reporter Mr. Li presented several videos and photos to the reporter. The videos were taken in a material processing workshop, a finished packaging workshop and a dimly lit family workshop. The photo clearly shows that these made toys are mini soccer characters with Kellogg's on them. According to Mr. Li, these are the World Cup-themed toys designed by Kellogg. They will be presented to consumers on the food packaging of Kellogg's. The video shows that the material handling workshop is about 10 square meters. There are two machines in the corners of the two sides. The middle dirty concrete floor is full of white cotton. From time to time, the passing workers step on the cotton, just like walking through a carpet. According to Mr. Li, the cotton on the ground is used to fill the toys. One machine is responsible for dispersing the cotton, and the other is filling the cotton into the pre-made toy skin, and sewing the toy skin in the finished packaging workshop becomes a factory product. The finished packaging workshop is about 20 square meters in size with a large table in the middle. There are piles of chemical packaging bags in the corners of the room, which are filled with rounded fabric toys that have been made.

Another video shows that two middle-aged women are sewing needles at Kellogg's toys at home and seeing strangers coming to the door, the two women appear more vigilant. When a video shooter says that there is goods for them to process, first look at how powerful they are, a woman looks more enthusiastic. According to the introduction, the reason why there are only two people now is because other people go home with their children, and they can call back if necessary. The woman complained that she could only get 40 yuan of labor compensation for sewing 1,000 toys to the factory. Fortunately, the raw materials are all from the factory and do not need to be purchased by themselves. According to the introduction, they have been processing in this area for five years, as long as they can be connected for needlework.

“How does Kellogg's brand as a world brand produce in this environment? And this kind of toy is attached to the food packaging. Will it be unsafe?” Mr. Li said that he learned from various sources that these workshops are all from A privately-owned company named Dongguan Kanglianda Caps Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Kanglianda is the commissioned producer of Kellogg.

Reporter visit

Some villagers received orders before the year.

In order to understand the matter, at noon on January 21, the reporter of the New Express arrived at the Chengzhong Village around the Kanglianda Plant on Shipai Avenue in Shipai Town, Dongguan City. The reporter visited several family workshops mentioned by the reporters, but the scene did not find the situation of making toys. However, during the visit, the reporter learned from some villagers that the migrant workers who rented nearby have experienced factory orders. When the reporter asked if the conditions for the families undertaking the factory orders need to be met, many villagers said that as long as they have taken over the factory orders, they can receive the wages through spot checks after completing the task, and no other conditions are required.

According to the villagers, at the end of last year, Kanglianda Company handed over some processing procedures for toys to nearby migrant workers. At the time of processing, there were no supervision measures except for regular inspections and receipts. The phenomenon of secondary contracting in factories is widespread.

Subsequently, the reporter recruited the villagers who took the order as the manufacturer, and the owner of the Shishidu store said that he could do it. He first expertly inquired about the total quantity and specifications of the goods. When he learned that there were tens of thousands of goods that needed to be completed before the Spring Festival, he told his reporter that he had relatives working in a nearby factory. If the price is right, he can help the workers. I will be able to drive the goods out before years. "We will take the order and then get it at home. The whole family can do it." He told reporters that if time processing is done, one person must pay 16 yuan per hour. If you calculate it by piece, you must watch the processing of the toy. Difficulty. In order to take this list, the boss also told reporters that the products they processed must be made according to the requirements of the manufacturers. The surrounding villagers have many experiences in receiving orders from nearby factories.

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The phenomenon of secondary contracting does exist.

Is the fact indeed as the reporter said, why should the factory send the order to the villagers twice? In an interview with the reporter of the New Express, Liu Xiaobin, the head of the office of the director of Kanglianda Caps Manufacturing Co., Ltd., admitted that the reporter said The secondary contracting phenomenon does exist. Liu Xiaobin told reporters that the company was commissioned by Kellogg's company a few months ago. “The total number of this order is 30 million. It has been in production since the beginning of the year, and the end of the year is the peak of delivery.” Liu Xiaobin said.

However, Liu Xiaobin repeatedly stressed that Kang Lianda only outsourced the process of simply inspecting and trimming the surface of the toy to the villagers, not all of them were produced by the villagers.

According to Liu Xiaobin, the order was undertaken by Kanglianda's sales department in Hong Kong. The factory in Dongguan is responsible for the production. The task is to produce Kellogg's toys with the theme of the 2014 World Cup. These toys will be presented with Kellogg's products. To the consumer. "We have already sent out some goods, such as Switzerland, Denmark and other countries." Liu Xiaobin said.

“Check the goods first, then clean and then pass the Metal Detector.” The company’s Jiang said that unqualified products will be picked out. But as for how to clean, Jiang explained that it is mainly viewed by hand. Then, can the product detected in this way meet the standard? Jiang said with a smile, "I don't dare to say this, I can't guarantee that it will be fully met."

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Authorized by Kellogg Europe

Subsequently, the New Express reporter reflected the situation to the Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. The bureau inspected the Kanglianda factory on January 24, according to a reply from the bureau, law enforcement officers found in the production workshop of the Kanglianda factory that the company is producing "KELLOGG'S" cloth toys and finished the company. The warehouse found a batch of "KELLOGG'S" toy products. Kanglianda provided the “KELLOGG EUROPE TRADING LIMITED” (Editor's Note: Kellogg Europe Trading Co., Ltd.) to the law enforcement officers on the site to license the toys of the batch of toys processed by Dongguan Kanglianda Caps Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and “KELLOGG'S” The toy involved in the "export toy quality license (registration) certificate" and export declaration documents, but the site did not find the black workshop to deal with counterfeit and shoddy products, the company also denied that it was looking for black workshops to process counterfeit and shoddy products.

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Unauthorized enterprise production

On January 22, Yihai Kerry Kellogg Food (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. responded that after the company’s preliminary investigation, Kellogg’s Hong Kong branch did not order the newspaper’s said Kellogg’s mark. Gifts. According to the investigation results of the Dongguan Quality Supervision Bureau, on January 26, the company once again denied that these products were authorized to be produced by any Kellogg company or supplier including the company.