Ama-puree katamatisi 'ase-Italy' athengiswa yizitolo ezinkulu ezahlukene zase-UK abonakala equkethe utamatisi okhuliswe futhi wakhiwa eShayina kusetshenziswa abasebenzi abaphoqelelwe, ngokusho kombiko we-BBC.
Ukuhlolwa okwenziwe yi-BBC World Service kuthole ukuthi sekukonke, imikhiqizo engu-17, iningi layo eliyimikhiqizo ethengiswa ezitolo zase-UK naseJalimane, cishe iqukathe utamatisi waseShayina.
Amanye anegama elithi 'isiNtaliyane' egameni lawo njenge-'Italian Tomato Purée' kaTesco, kanti amanye anegama elithi 'isiNtaliyane' encazelweni yawo, njenge-double concentrate ka-Asda ethi iqukethe 'utamatisi okhulile wase-Italy oqoshiwe' kanye ne-'Essential Tomato Purée' kaWaitrose, ezichaza njenge-'Italian tomato puree'.
Izitolo ezinkulu ezinemikhiqizo ehlolwe yi-BBC World Service ziyaphikisana nalokhu okutholakele.
EShayina, utamatisi omningi uvela esifundeni saseXinjiang, lapho ukukhiqizwa kwawo kuhlotshaniswa nokusetshenziswa ngenkani yi-Uyghur kanye namanye amaqembu amancane amaSulumane.
I-United Nations (UN) isola umbuso waseShayina ngokuhlukumeza nokuhlukunyezwa kwalaba bantu abancane, iShayina ebabheka njengengozi yokuphepha. IShayina iyaphika ukuthi iphoqa abantu ukuthi basebenze embonini katamatisi futhi ithi amalungelo abasebenzi bayo avikelwe ngumthetho. Ngokusho kwe-BBC, iShayina ithi umbiko we-UN usekelwe 'kolwazi olungamanga namanga'.
I-China ikhiqiza cishe ingxenye yesithathu yotamatisi emhlabeni, kanti isifunda sase-Xinjiang esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga sibhekwa njengesimo sezulu esifanele sokutshala lesi sitshalo. Kodwa-ke, i-Xinjiang nayo ibhekane nokuhlolwa komhlaba wonke ngenxa yemibiko yokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu, okuhlanganisa nokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kusukela ngo-2017.
Ngokusho kwezinhlangano zamalungelo abantu, ama-Uyghur angaphezu kwesigidi aboshwe kulokho iShayina ekuchaza ngokuthi 'amakamu okufundisa kabusha.' Kuvele izinsolo eziphakamisa ukuthi abanye ababoshiwe baphoqelelwe ukusebenza, okuhlanganisa nasemasimini katamatisi aseXinjiang.
I-BBC isanda kukhuluma nabantu abangu-14 ababike ukuthi babhekane noma babone ukuphoqelelwa kokusebenza ekukhiqizweni kukatamatisi esifundeni eminyakeni engu-16 edlule. Omunye owayeyisiboshwa, ekhuluma ngegama elingelona iqiniso, uthe abasebenzi kwakudingeka bahlangabezane nezilinganiso zansuku zonke ezifika ku-650kg, kanye nezijeziso kulabo abahlulekayo.
I-BBC ithe: “Kunzima ukuqinisekisa lokhu kulandisa, kodwa kuyavumelana, futhi kuqinisekisa ubufakazi embikweni we-UN ka-2022, owabika ngokuhlushwa kanye nokusebenza ngenkani ezindaweni zokuboshwa eXinjiang”.
Ngokuhlanganisa idatha yokuthunyelwa evela emhlabeni wonke, i-BBC ithole ukuthi iningi lamatamatisi aseXinjiang lithuthwa kanjani eYurophu - ngesitimela lidlula eKazakhstan, eAzerbaijan naseGeorgia, lapho lithunyelwa khona liye e-Italy.
Abanye abathengisi, njengeTesco neRewe, baphendule ngokumisa ukunikezwa noma ukuhoxisa imikhiqizo, kanti abanye, okuhlanganisa neWaitrose, Morrisons, ne-Edeka, baphikisana nokutholakele futhi benza izivivinyo zabo, ezaziphikisana nalezi zimangalo. ULidl uqinisekisile ukusebenzisa utamatisi waseShayina kumkhiqizo owathengiswa isikhashana eJalimane ngo-2023 ngenxa yezinkinga zokunikezwa.
Kuphakanyiswe imibuzo mayelana nemikhuba yokuthola utamatisi ka-Antonio Petti, inkampani enkulu yokucubungula utamatisi yase-Italy. Amarekhodi okuthumela abonisa ukuthi inkampani ithole amakhilogremu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-36 ze-tomato paste evela e-Xinjiang Guannong kanye nezinkampani zayo ezingaphansi kwayo phakathi kuka-2020 no-2023. I-Xinjiang Guannong ingumhlinzeki omkhulu eShayina, ekhiqiza ingxenye enkulu yamatamatisi emhlabeni.
Ngo-2021, enye yezimboni zeqembu lePetti yahlaselwa ngamaphoyisa ase-Italy ngenxa yokusolwa ngokukhwabanisa - kwabikwa ngabezindaba base-Italy ukuthi utamatisi waseShayina kanye nowakwamanye amazwe wathathwa njengowase-Italy. Ngemva konyaka ukuhlaselwa, icala laxazululwa ngaphandle kwenkantolo.
Ngesikhathi evakashele ifektri yasePetti ngokufihla, intatheli ye-BBC yathwebula izithombe ezibonisa imiphongolo ebhalwe ukuthi iqukethe utamatisi ovela eXinjiang Guannong wango-Agasti 2023. IPetti yenqabile ukuthengwa kwakamuva okuvela eXinjiang Guannong, yathi i-oda layo lokugcina lalingo-2020. Le nkampani yavuma ukuthi ithole utamatisi ovela eBazhou Red Fruit, ehlanganyela izixhumanisi neXinjiang Guannong, kodwa yathi izoyeka ukungenisa imikhiqizo katamatisi waseShayina futhi ithuthukise ukuqapha uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa.
Le nkampani “ayizange ibandakanyeke emisebenzini ephoqelelwe,” kusho okhulumela iPetti etshela i-BBC. Kodwa-ke, uphenyo luthole ukuthi iBazhou Red Fruit yabelana ngenombolo yocingo neXinjiang Guannong, kanye nobunye ubufakazi, okuhlanganisa nokuhlaziywa kwedatha yokuthumela, okubonisa ukuthi iBazhou yinkampani yayo yamagobolondo.
Okhulumela iPetti wengeze wathi: “Esikhathini esizayo ngeke singenise imikhiqizo katamatisi evela eShayina futhi sizothuthukisa ukuqapha kwethu abaphakeli ukuqinisekisa ukulandelwa kwamalungelo abantu nabasebenzi”.
I-US yethule umthetho oqinile wokuvimbela konke ukuthunyelwa kwezimpahla eXinjiang, kuyilapho iYurophu ne-UK zithathe indlela ethambile, zivumela izinkampani ukuthi zizilawule ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi abaphoqelelwe abasetshenziswa ezindleleni zokulethwa kwempahla.
Okutholakele kugcizelela ukubaluleka kwezinhlelo zokulandelela eziqinile kanye nezinselele zokugcina ukucaca emigqeni yokuhlinzeka ngogesi emhlabeni jikelele. Njengoba i-EU yethula imithetho eqinile mayelana nokuqashwa ngenkani emigqeni yokuhlinzeka ngogesi, ukuthembela kwe-UK ekuzilawuleni kungase kubhekane nokuhlolisiswa okukhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-05-2025