2007年6月27日 星期三 $ E5 w5 r7 S6 r ! A% c" `6 ?) m- ~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。! D' R% Q* l( f; W' p
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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。 / ?$ o8 l) U" C3 @/ q; @0 n; G) Z) N4 b# y% V5 s4 ]( a
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。# L: X8 Y) c2 A- K6 U( b
" P3 n3 P& ?& e$ f% g: j P+ v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。 ; [9 P5 e" _0 P; l$ |2 o i- H 6 \1 k5 {+ m# v4 Q; l p+ E! @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。 " i: G' r5 t1 L( T; @! k* c' T( r# m7 h
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。/ k8 H( ]5 g' z/ o9 C
" P2 F: r# A: n/ m/ X- t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”。. Y5 K2 t3 z* l2 j( n, g
' c$ E) {( F, C. ?5 @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。” ; t2 N1 J0 a, k0 G3 @ . h N) T, K9 E% w( X/ d8 v, A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。. a0 Y$ Z9 S8 i/ ]& U7 _* M
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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。' ]: t" |: Y' e7 |8 L
8 n1 c7 F0 O- h- e$ H 7 c g& D& V% {2 @/ _" x; kBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 b5 C5 X1 Q- U. t( H( EWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 {% o/ C1 j0 k1 f3 U
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9 ^1 }6 u' N. z9 b; C4 qChina 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.- ~: D2 w, J! E! I6 `
/ a4 F. t: _) C+ N% W0 m6 T- D( AGovernment 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. - ]) V5 Z0 u4 @& O& i* K* B , r+ v! q9 |5 hComing 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.4 s, R9 c4 V0 e& ?
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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. : q1 x! T9 t& x8 G1 Z( v + @7 t& {0 s8 z' L% n% ZChina'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.) s# v1 \- b! V. J2 _
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The 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. - @! k, d `! `3 H6 w' A) G* W& i! X( O- I3 F8 j7 k
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- E9 Z9 E* f0 }3 [( X, f2 H
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An 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.”9 Z4 Z( B( k3 g; @
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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. ! M1 ~6 P7 {. _+ y/ x& }. p: ?; g. H( {; [/ v5 b# y) k9 n
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.: `9 U# p" ?: H' Z% ~: m% z
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