2007年6月27日 星期三 * W* A5 C- ^ _, w 8 n V8 |' G. N& g. H6 m0 |中国以产品不安全为由扣留了两批来自美国的食品，并警告要加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序。 : ~1 \% J3 w) i* c7 U 1 A& q* n0 {# Q0 W8 z中国食品安全检查部门昨日在其网站上表示，政府检查人员分别截获了从美国船运来的柳橙果肉和杏脯，因为这些产品含有过量的细菌和霉菌。 . S4 Y0 Z+ h. D7 ] $ i1 [+ p; w6 \. y# B4 c1 I! G由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。 3 q# W' C* F) s( Y. b$ m : @$ q% |( B+ a3 J* w, \在声明发布前一天，美国监管机构宣布召回一家中国公司制造的多达45万个轮胎，原因是这些轮胎存在安全隐患。5 Y5 D. \2 J5 I8 N) E) W V
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中国国家质量监督检验检疫总局(General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine)表示，柳橙果肉是在东部省份山东查获的，杏脯是在深圳查获的。 # a( A% B! b/ w2 T % C0 x" n: Z: v质检总局表示这些货物“细菌总数、霉菌和二氧化硫含量超标”，但没有具体说明查获的时间和数量。 1 J0 [9 j2 e. {8 ]- w, ]6 P/ O7 M& ]) f
该机构在声明中表示，已要求地方质检部门“加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫”。; ?( v, A3 q& s, o9 o$ e u$ a) _ ^
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某欧洲贸易公司驻上海的一位高管表示：“没有看到关于这些货物的细节，我们说什么都没有把握，但显然，这看起来像是要引开人们对中国及其自身质量问题的关注。” M* h+ T" E$ r& K7 G6 f2 u 7 K$ l7 [5 v3 i1 @. z美国政府下属的国家公路交通安全管理局(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)周一宣布召回新泽西州分销商Foreign Tire Sales销售的轮胎，这些轮胎可用于有篷货车、SUV和小型敞篷载货卡车。 9 n$ Y+ z% D/ J7 o$ \" }/ U) j @ 7 N0 j$ A I& _: q" D由中国杭州中策橡胶有限公司(Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber)制造的这些轮胎缺少一层帮助加固轮胎、防止胎面分离的橡胶层——2000年，正是这个问题导致美国大规模召回凡世通轮胎(Firestone)。记者昨日未能联系到杭州中策的管理人员置评。- d( ?1 W( ~' v; j z1 D
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7 R; @2 z2 o) y0 V/ `By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . M) L4 m+ M7 A1 CWednesday, June 27, 2007 - { K f+ t% a0 L $ ]9 p$ ~4 n9 n* P 6 f* [" J, O- T; \. u* s) N& FBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * h( E) J( u6 |& J# Y, \$ I& j; a, P; R* e: ?" Q
China has impounded two shipments of food from the US on the grounds that the produce is unsafe and warned that procedures for monitoring American food imports should be tightened. 7 y$ c G# R# D* R" ]8 F' A& m5 n( e( I* Z
Government inspectors seized separate shipments of orange pulp and apricots from the US because they contained excessive bacteria and mould, China's food safety inspectorate said yesterday on its website.9 t. {! ?+ e( E9 b6 B7 ~
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Coming on the back of a series of scandals in the US over the quality of imported goods from China, the announcement will be considered by many importers as a form of retaliation by the Chinese authorities. ^7 ]' [. J3 L$ ^; x
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The statement comes one day after regulators in the US announced a recall of up to 450,000 tyres manufactured by a Chinese company because of a potentially dangerous safety problem. 6 p* M: U. \7 P! K& X" I7 ^8 B4 S. @) O
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said it had impounded the orange pulp in the eastern province of Shandong and the apricots were seized in Shenzhen.; [* @, Z$ g* t
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, g+ g( R; b( F- m" A; tAn executive at a European trading company based in Shanghai said: “We cannot say anything for sure without seeing details about the shipments, but it certainly looks like a way of deflecting some of the attention away from China and its own quality problems.” ; s! _* R0 [/ x6 v! S8 R$ Y! _3 p4 {4 D - d. b* ]# J* U( \The US government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Monday the recall of tyres sold by Foreign Tire Sales, a New Jersey distributor, which are used in vans, sports utility vehicles and pick-up trucks.! f S. B$ @6 S0 R
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The tyres, made by a Chinese company called Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, lacked a gum strip that helps strengthen the tyre and prevent tread separation – the problem that caused a massive recall of Firestone tyres in the US in 2000. Officials at Hangzhou Zhongce could not be reached for comment yesterday.: |+ B* ~1 }, G" A4 `
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