Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning commented on the US proposal to check the safety of Chinese garlic.
She said politicians needed to have more common sense.
In China, this is how they responded to US Senator Ricky Scott’s initiative to conduct an investigation into the safety of garlic grown in China, RIA Novosti reports.
The US has raised concerns over reports that garlic in China is being grown in wastewater using slave labour.
The senator called for an investigation into how vulnerable American families are to poor-quality food products.
A Chinese diplomat said the theories of American politicians looked absurd.
Garlic did not expect that he would pose a threat to the United States, she noted.
Mao Ning believes that garlic is a pretext to contain and suppress China.
She called on US politicians to have more common sense and rationality.
Author: Elena Gutyro
