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08:04, July 19, 2007 |
China''s top quality control chief urged foreign media to stick to the truth in reporting during an interview with CCTV on Wednesday, a second time in a few days for him to lash out at some foreign media exaggerating China''s food safety problems and stirring consumer panic.
Li Changjiang, minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine also stressed again that Chinese exports, especially food exports, are absolutely well guaranteed in terms of safety.
His remark came after a Chinese rubber company was cleared of the accusation of producing unsafe tires exported to the United States, which were previously held responsible for a traffic accident that killed two in Pennsylvania last August.
The U.S. importer - Foreign Tyre Sales, Inc. (FTS), which earlier blamed the Chinese tires for the accident, said in the latest report released on July 2 that the Chinese-made tires involved in the accident far exceeded the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and the van in the accident was equipped with tires in two different sizes, three Chinese tires and one Michelin tyre.
The real cause of the fatal accident was the misuse of the tires, said Shen Jinrong, the board chairman of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co.Ltd.
"It was irresponsible for some foreign media to blame the Chinese-made tires without any analysis immediately after the accident happened," Li said during the interview while commenting on the issue.
Due to the incident, the Chinese rubber company, which has been in the U.S. market for 20 years without such quality complaints, was ordered to recall a total of 450,000 tires. The U.S. hearing of the case is scheduled on Wednesday.
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