Anxin Flooring Pulled from Store Shelves

Shanghai, China, Feb. 22, 2012 -- Anxin-branded wood flooring products have been pulled off shelves in several stores after complaints that the flooring was produced using substandard materials, according to ChinaDaily.

A manager at a Shanghai outlet of B&Q, Europe's largest home improvement retailer, said Tuesday that wood flooring made by A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co. has been temporarily pulled off shelves at all B&Q stores in China pending the release of quality test results.

Some property developers have temporarily stopped using Anxin-branded wood flooring for new construction projects and have launched their own quality checks, the newspaper said.

An online post published on Thursday claimed that the flooring is substandard and contains excessive levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde.