Laceration Injuries to Children Prompt Starbucks to Recall Steel Straws in China

(Beijing) – American coffee chain Starbucks Corp. announced a recall of over 54,000 stainless steel straws in China after receiving reports of small children cutting their mouths on them in the United States and Canada, China's quality supervisor said.

The Chinese arm of the company headquartered in Seattle said on August 3 that it was recalling these reusable straws made from September 2013 to March this year, according to a statement on the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.