With all the China-based product recalls in the media lately, that country is at least presenting the appearance of trying to rectify safety issues from manufacturers there. As such, China has now pinpointed a list of unsafe products sitting on shelves in many Wal-Mart stores. Carrefour stores in Europe are also affected.

After making a 'safety sweep' of Beijing marketplaces recently, the Chinese government listed out a whole new list of toys this week. But, too little too late (which is a good thing).

Wal-Mart said that the data released by the Chinese government was at least a few months old, and the referenced children's toys had already been removed from store shelves. Time is of the essence here, but I guess that's somewhat meaningless when it actually comes from within China.