China shut down 180 food factories for using illegal chemicals that move comes on the heels of a tire recall that were also made in China.

Chinese media is reporting industrial chemicals including formaldehyde were used to make candy, pickles, crackers, and seafood. Inspectors also found some small factories using expired food.

So now in a bid not to lose billions of dollars in exports, Chinese authorities have responded with a food factory crackdown.

Chinese products already account for a reported 60% of product recalls in the U.S. Recent examples are toxic toothpaste, lead-coated children's toys and tainted ingredients in pet food.

Action News has learned new information on that tire recall we first reported on Tuesday. The federal government is recalling about half a million Chinese-made tires because they may lack a safety component and de-tread.

But the Chinese manufacturer reportedly denies the defect exits.

Now a Philadelphia attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit.

"So that this manufacturer and other manufacturers in China and throughout the world can learn that you can't come to where America started here in Philadelphia and put a dangerous tire on the road without consequences," said Jeffrey Killino of the law firm Woloshin and Killino.

In another development the federal government said the tires' U.S. importer, Foreign Tire Sales, is responsible for the U.S. recall. FTS claimed it doesn't have the money to pay for it. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent the company a letter stating that is unacceptable and it must submit a recall plan by July 2nd.

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