fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation's top quality official has said, as

China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the two countries sparred over safety

worries. The deaths of patients in Panama from mislabeled drug ingredients from China, deadly

toxins in pet food ingredients and food laced with additives and antibiotics have fanned public

anxiety in the U.S. about the safety of China's surging exports. But foreign reports about tainted

Chinese foods had presented isolated failings as the whole picture, said Li Changjiang, head of

the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. "Some foreign

media, especially those based in the U.S., have wantonly reported on so−called unsafe Chinese

products. They are turning white to black," he said. "One company's problem doesn't make it a

country's problem." Chinese inspectors announced that a protein powder from a U.S. supplier

contained too much selenium and was being sent back, the official Xinhua news agency

reported on Monday, July 16.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK10303520070716