Appearing before a U.S. Senate committee, Eckert acknowledged that the
Chinese contractors had not been monitored closely enough. Mattel issued a
new three-point check system in response to the failure, including a mandate
on approved paint suppliers worldwide revised testing procedures carried out
on all vendors more frequently and at random, and additional checks of
selected batches and production runs. Mattel also took the unusual step of
naming the suppliers at fault, and severed ties with many suppliers. Chinese
authorities revoked several firms’ export licenses.