Melissa and Doug brand toys are designed in the USA and manufactured in China. Melissa and Doug own their own factories and employ their own personnel in the factories to ensure that their high safety are met. They manufacture a relatively small number of products as compared to the large toy corporations, allowing them to carefully inspect the products before they come to market. The recently recalled toys containing lead paint were all manufactured by third party vendors, where the manufacturer does not have direct oversight of the quality.

Melissa and Doug provided us with the following statement when asked about safety,
"It's quite possible to make great quality children's items in China, which meet all safety regulations, but the key point is that you have to test and inspect very frequently to be sure that your factories are always following your instructions explicitly. I assure you that's exactly what we do.