Ama-tomato purees 'wase-Italy' athengiswa ezitolo ezinkulu zase-UK abonakala equkethe utamatisi otshalwe futhi wakhiwa eChina kusetshenziswa abantu abaphoqelelwe, ngokombiko we-BBC.
Ukuhlola okwenziwa yi-BBC World Service kutholwe ukuthi imikhiqizo engu-17 iyonke, iningi layo ethengiswa e-UK kanye nabathengisi baseJalimane, kungenzeka ukuthi iqukethe utamatisi waseShayina.
Abanye bane-'Italian' emagameni abo njenge-Tesco's 'Italian Tomato Purée,' kanti abanye bane-'Italian' encazelweni yabo, njengokugxila okuphindwe kabili kwe-Asda ethi iqukethe 'utamatisi otshalwe e-Italian ohlanziwe' kanye ne-'Essential Tomato Purée ka-Waitrose, 'ezichaza ngokuthi 'i-Italian tomato puree'.
Izitolo ezinkulu imikhiqizo yazo i-BBC World Service ihloliwe ziyaphikisana nalokhu okutholakele.
E-China, utamatisi omningi uvela esifundeni sase-Xinjiang, lapho ukukhiqizwa kwawo kuxhunyaniswa nokusebenza ngempoqo ngama-Uyghur kanye namanye ama-Muslim amancane kakhulu.
I-United Nations (UN) isola isimo saseShayina ngokuhlukumeza kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwalaba bantu abambalwa, iChina ebabheka njengengozi yezokuphepha. IChina iyakulandula ukuthi iphoqa abantu ukuthi basebenze embonini yamatamatisi ithi amalungelo ezisebenzi zayo avikelekile ngokomthetho. Ngokusho kwe-BBC, i-China ithi umbiko we-UN usekelwe 'ekungaziwani nasekuqambeni amanga'.
I-China ikhiqiza cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yamatamatisi omhlaba, kanti isifunda esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Xinjiang sibonwa njengesimo sezulu esikahle sokutshala lesi sitshalo. Kodwa-ke, i-Xinjiang iphinde yabhekana nokubhekwa emhlabeni jikelele ngenxa yemibiko yokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu, okuhlanganisa nokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kusukela ngo-2017.
Ngokwezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu, ama-Uyghur angaphezu kwesigidi avalelwe kulokho iChina ekuchaza ngokuthi 'amakamu okufundisa kabusha.' Sekuvele izinsolo ezithi abanye ababoshiwe bake basebenza kanzima, okuhlanganisa namasimu katamatisi eXinjiang.
I-BBC isanda kukhuluma nabantu abangu-14 ababike ukuthi bake babhekana noma babona umsebenzi ophoqelelwe ekukhiqizeni utamatisi esifundeni eminyakeni engu-16 edlule. Omunye owayeboshiwe, ekhuluma ngegama elingelona iqiniso, uthe abasebenzi kudingeka bahlangabezane nezilinganiso zansuku zonke ezifinyelela ku-650kg, nezijeziso zalabo abehlulekayo.
I-BBC ithe: "Kunzima ukuqinisekisa la ma-akhawunti, kodwa ayaguquguquka, futhi afana nobufakazi embikweni we-UN wango-2022, owabika ngokuhlukunyezwa nokusebenza ngenkani ezikhungweni zokuboshwa eXinjiang".
Ngokuhlanganisa idatha yokuthumela evela emhlabeni wonke, i-BBC ithole ukuthi utamatisi we-Xinjiang uthuthwa kanjani uyiswe e-Europe - ngesitimela udlule e-Kazakhstan, e-Azerbaijan nase-Georgia, ukusuka lapho uthunyelwa khona ukuya e-Italy.
Abanye abathengisi, abanjengoTesco kanye noRewe, baphendule ngokumisa ukunikezwa noma ukuhoxisa imikhiqizo, kanti abanye, okuhlanganisa u-Waitrose, Morrisons, no-Edeka, baphikise okutholakele futhi benza izivivinyo zabo, eziphikisana nezimangalo. U-Lidl uqinisekise ukuthi usebenzisa utamatisi waseShayina emkhiqizweni othengiswe kafushane eJalimane ngo-2023 ngenxa yezinkinga zokuhlinzekwa.
Kuphakanyiswe imibuzo mayelana nezinqubo zokuhlonza zika-Antonio Petti, inkampani enkulu yase-Italy egaya utamatisi. Amarekhodi okuthumela abonisa ukuthi inkampani ithole ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-36 kg ze-tomato paste evela ku-Xinjiang Guannong nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo phakathi kuka-2020 no-2023. I-Xinjiang Guannong ingumnikezeli omkhulu e-China, okhiqiza ingxenye enkulu katamatisi womhlaba.
Ngo-2021, enye yezimboni zeqembu lasePetti yahlaselwa ngamaphoyisa ezempi ase-Italy esolwa ngokukhwabanisa - kwabikwa abezindaba base-Italy ukuthi utamatisi waseShayina kanye namanye angaphandle adluliselwa njengesiNtaliyane. Ngemva konyaka kugasele, icala laqulwa ngaphandle kwenkantolo.
Ngesikhathi ivakashele umshoshaphansi efektri yasePetti, intatheli ye-BBC yathwebula izithombe ezikhombisa imiphongolo ebhalwe ukuthi iqukethe utamatisi unamathisele ovela e-Xinjiang Guannong yango-Agasti 2023. U-Petti uphikile ukuthengwa kwakamuva okuvela kwa-Xinjiang Guannong, wathi i-oda layo lokugcina lalingo-2020. Le nkampani yavuma ukuthi ithola utamatisi unamathisele e-Bazhou Red Fruit, wathi i-Xinjiang izoxhumanisa i-Xinjiang Fruit ne-Xinjiang Imikhiqizo katamatisi yaseShayina futhi ithuthukise ukuqapha kwe-supply chain.
Le nkampani "ayizange isebenze ngempoqo," okhulumela uPetti utshele i-BBC. Kodwa-ke, uphenyo luthole ukuthi iBazhou Red Fruit yabelana ngenombolo yocingo neXinjiang Guannong, nobunye ubufakazi, okuhlanganisa nokuhlaziywa kwedatha yemikhumbi, okubonisa ukuthi iBazhou yinkampani yayo yamagobolondo.
Okhulumela uPetti wengeze wathi: “Esikhathini esizayo ngeke singenise imikhiqizo katamatisi evela eChina futhi sizothuthukisa ukuqapha kwethu abahlinzeki bethu ukuze siqinisekise ukuthotshelwa kwamalungelo abantu nabasebenzi”.
I-US yethule umthetho oqinile wokuvimbela konke ukuthunyelwa kwe-Xinjiang, kanti i-Europe ne-UK bathathe indlela ethambile, evumela izinkampani ukuthi zizilawulele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umsebenzi ophoqelelwe awusetshenziswa emaketangeni.
Okutholakele kugcizelela ukubaluleka kwezinhlelo zokulandela umkhondo eziqinile kanye nezinselelo zokugcina obala kumaketango okunikezwayo emhlabeni jikelele. Njengoba i-EU yethula imithetho eqinile mayelana nokusebenza ngempoqo kumaketanga, ukuthembela kwe-UK ekuzilawuleni kungase kubhekane nokubhekwa okuthuthukile.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-05-2025