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In response to a wide number of health problems caused by Chinese-made food products, China itself has now leveled charges of food contamination in US-made products.

On Monday, the official Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese inspectors found that a protein powder from a U.S. supplier contained too much selenium and was being sent back

Selenium is a trace mineral essential in small amounts, but too much of it can cause hair loss, stomach aches and other problems.

On the weekend China also suspended pork and poultry from some U.S. suppliers after finding salmonella-contaminated chicken and meat products with growth agents or other additives.

Chinese authorities have been very upset about the negative publicity in the overseas press about the health scares from Chinese-made goods.

The deaths of patients in Panama from toothpaste, deadly toxins in pet food ingredients and food laced with additives and antibiotics have increased public anxiety in the United States about the safety of China’s food exports.

In an editorial in the overseas edition of the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s official paper, said it was inevitable that the country’s rising exports would face tighter scrutiny from choosy foreign customers.

But it also blamed foreign forces seeking to undermine Chinese industry.

“In recent years those people churning out the theory of a China threat have grabbed hold of this issue and not let go, treating isolated cases as the whole and maliciously attacking ‘Made in China’,” the paper said.

China’s criticisms of foreign media and companies are unlikely to alter widespread U.S. public anxiety about foods, medical ingredients, toys and other goods made in China.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a temporary hold on imports of some Chinese seafood until suppliers could prove they were free of harmful residues.

Poorly regulated food and drug safety standards have been a problem for years in China and the Chinese government has moved in recent weeks to attack the problem, promising stricter oversight.

Last week, in an effort to show that it means business, China executed the former head of its Food and Drug Administration for corruptly approving unsafe drugs.