Toys"R"Us, Inc. Applauds Passage of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Company Congratulates Members of Congress on Enacting Crucial Legislation;
Believes America's Children Will Be Safer as a Result of Landmark Product
Safety Law

WAYNE, N.J., July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Toys"R"Us, Inc. today
applauded the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008,
H.R.4040, and congratulated members of the U.S. Congress for their commitment
to enacting crucial product safety legislation. As the largest specialty toy
and baby products retailer in the United States, Toys"R"Us, Inc. believes this
legislation will aid it and others as they continue working to ensure the
highest of product quality assurance standards.
Jerry Storch, Chairman and CEO, Toys"R"Us, Inc., said, "We thank Congress
for working so diligently to pass this landmark legislation. Toys"R"Us, Inc.
is proud to have lent its support to this bill. We look forward to remaining
an active contributor, together with legislators, manufacturers, regulators
and consumer groups, in our shared mission to protect our nation's children."
When it became apparent last year that more needed to be done to improve
product safety, and as lawmakers worked actively toward finalizing this
much-needed legislation, Toys"R"Us, Inc. moved quickly and decisively to
enhance its own industry-leading rigorous quality assurance standards. The
company has continued to implement additional tough safety standards for
products sold in its stores. This has included additional requirements for
increased third-party product testing, date-coding on all products, and
stringent guidelines for lead content in surface coatings and substrate
materials. Among other changes, the company alerted manufacturers that by the
end of 2008, juvenile products sold in its stores must be produced without the
addition of phthalates, which have raised concerns about infant safety.
The company also introduced new safety boards in its stores and launched a
dedicated Safety website, to ensure parents have the most up-to-date
information on product safety issues. Among the features at
www.Toysrus.com/Safety is an e-mail notification system for product recalls,
bilingual recall notices, safety tips and more. Most recently, the company
announced a partnership with Safe Kids Worldwide to help educate parents about
childhood accident prevention.
Mr. Storch added, "There is nothing more important than the safety of
children. The crucial legislation passed today represents a giant step
forward for product safety standards in our country, but we know that safety
requires constant vigilance. As a company, we are committed to providing
continued leadership on this important issue and to doing all we can to ensure
the safety of all children."
About Toys"R"Us, Inc.
Toys"R"Us, Inc. is the world's leading dedicated toy and baby products
retailer. Currently it sells merchandise through more than 1,500 stores,
including 584 Toys"R"Us stores and 262 Babies"R"Us stores in the U.S., 690
international stores in 33 countries, which includes licensed and franchise
stores, and through its Internet site at www.Toysrus.com.
SOURCE Toys"R"Us, Inc.

Kathleen Waugh, +1-646-366-8823, or +1-973-617-5888, waughk@toysrus.com, or
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Toys"R"Us, Inc.