2007年6月27日 星期三 + R! Q, ]( u" {9 b ) c! G4 F. f- R% H# e( H9 z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。$ |+ v4 N$ P& f& N: d
8 ]1 M* a6 s: m: l2 b) S/ w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。 ) F% y" ?2 n1 c5 ?* ?" _2 L$ G ' b% b0 _/ l& I- `- P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。 : Z/ v( z0 {" w 2 U* D R) _7 @) V m# t) g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。 / l A; w9 x0 ~3 j; D 7 q# T9 v. n+ I2 R% H7 e, B* {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。 ) a3 b2 i6 p& D7 \! z' B* i8 K# b& o# ?+ |# O/ d3 Y% w
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。) S1 H+ \+ ?% x* Q/ e
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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”。$ H4 q& I0 S. }6 _' u. ~+ `7 ~: T
# R7 ?5 Y3 c& e$ y' _) _$ m% T) A5 r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。” 1 z! B9 Q" v+ P* p6 V1 [0 N6 u2 |! l2 j1 |7 C3 u9 z& K& v8 x$ g
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。 ( B( X7 n5 h( G6 T* Q1 H4 r9 t! t1 v% G/ i4 U/ ^
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。# D7 {9 _, n0 v) M8 S8 g& v
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; h! E/ V( D1 P/ f
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , I6 x7 i7 H6 g* i- A1 c ; f1 s4 B: n7 ~, S8 H ) q8 O/ j# ?# i: R6 lBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION & ]$ Q- D2 w$ a( B2 c6 G' L4 J6 Q L, R% ]2 i$ Y; U8 P. f
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. - q L1 i5 N) ]% x 2 L+ D; U i, V& GGovernment 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.% {$ z5 _- O+ j, g0 Q* p6 C
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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. , A# i; K( M' K% ~, \. F, s 9 n3 ^: G- q: ^; [: r; lChina'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. 5 S5 `* t% w R- E, N9 E+ d% u t, G7 | 6 G4 h& a. A1 ^5 R% QThe shipments contained “excessive bacteria, mould and sulphur dioxide”, the agency said, but gave no details about when they were impounded or how big the shipments were.1 Z5 E' k; \) P0 e8 j4 W: I
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ; e) V, U. X+ ?4 n$ T$ T0 i- a . D. g8 Y* {! P. {* w. kAn 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.” 1 a' j- M" f t& L$ X n . [6 L) q& Z% \& \4 |. ?" jThe 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.8 P# L5 W2 L' N& G1 v) \0 u
! @3 U! l! ]' |5 S* B- s* vThe 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. ' y N- V9 L$ Z6 O) F5 l) [7 e. t2 N& i7 U
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