Pot maker: National standard to blame for test failure

BEIJING - Supor, a Chinese home-appliance producer, says that the national standards guiding the production of steel pots are backward and are the reason why 81 types of its pots were found faulty by a market watchdog in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

In response to the finding, retailers throughout the country have pulled the products from their shelves.

"We also wonder why our products were found to be qualified under a strict standard but now are failing to pass muster under a looser standard," Zhang Liping, spokeswoman for Zhejiang Supor, said on Wednesday.