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U.S. Recall Angers Chinese Tire Maker

Friday, August 10, 2007 12:12:57 PM
By AUDRA ANG

Customers walk past fruit drinks on sale in a store in Beijing Friday Aug. 10, 2007. China still faces significant food safety challenges, a health official said Friday, as Beijing announced it had banned 18 products ranging from fruit drinks to stewed chicken feet because they failed quality standards. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)BEIJING (AP) - Firing back over product safety fears, China's Health Ministry accused foreign media Friday of exaggerating the country's food purity problems, while a Chinese tire maker at the center of a huge U.S. recall accused the American importer of distortions.

While China faces "severe challenges" in ensuring food safety, foreign media are playing up the problems and have ulterior motives, Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an told a news conference.

"The question of food safety is a problem the whole world faces," Mao said.


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