Chinese food imports

I was listening to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation as it held a hearing on food safety and imported foods. The report, prepared by committee staffers who visited Chinese plants and Beijing's inspection and quarantine (CIQ) office in August, recommends that FDA limit Chinese food imports to companies bearing the Chinese government's CIQ certificate. I can't believe that the FDA still doesn't acknowledge the certificates. As one person asked, even if we wanted to demand more stringent requirements, it seems like we'd want to take advantage of the regulatory mechanisms at the Chinese end. There have been incidents of products not being exported as food but then being imported as food since no one on the U.S. side asks for the Chinese papers. In this case, it's hard to see what the FDA's motivation is. Is it patronizing U.S. companies that want to go to China so that they can export sub-standard (=dangerous!) food back to the U.S.?