2007年6月27日 星期三 ) H% N b" @; [! o) H; @( L & D) C8 N* \7 E3 X
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" _( i/ ?/ V* T6 e5 Q7 X( v. X) |; n% [$ z, X8 u: Y5 j
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。 W2 V! R: D% N: v4 [! f- J2 J& t * [+ F# n% F% ~! J- T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。 & j3 S4 I( L: Q3 g+ j4 f8 _4 U9 E $ r$ Q0 \7 Q$ w% {2 Q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。# V/ ^. K1 h7 S6 A
3 G) j* W s8 ^5 s4 V5 Z
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。" R' x& X& T, H, w. A
1 j6 O+ {! _7 C- U
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。 * U g) c& o8 A. u T: k+ `: ~* s( Q' N) s" U) r
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”。( j% w; c# ?* q5 f* m' r& A
+ q4 e# ]8 v( P/ J+ ?2 s! j a2 @
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。” 2 }1 H5 ~+ ?# ]# K# B - o9 f2 T+ T& I# ?5 s6 V" J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。' ?4 u: a5 s; U8 P/ @1 M7 ]) s
" e' n* \* Q3 r! ^3 Q1 ?$ f
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。 ) ~; K4 T; U3 P: [/ a: g5 m0 F, u7 k' \4 e N. N$ f3 v
( ?# S7 l% T' \& n
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! d- k+ G" F7 W5 q& \Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ( e9 \8 a8 W) k' r% I6 w3 C# f: y
8 n# N [% Q6 c& u k# e
* o5 b5 {' M0 B
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. y2 i* z& I8 ?" U2 T0 e8 {+ W
+ {1 b9 v+ W( Z9 `, O+ e$ S6 ~
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. 0 ]/ a9 J. C' L2 U. x" O+ V5 r- ` D% O/ g2 [
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. % f$ s) g2 h; V9 J. f \/ L ( Z8 L) F5 e/ dComing 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. # I$ c) J$ u$ ?/ q0 o; ^3 ?0 L+ j+ c% L
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.& B! N! ]. F7 ~. V" g/ W
! n; t! H7 M1 c( y3 q% a( EChina'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: s9 U" o" m3 ?( t6 s9 ?9 I6 w5 B# G+ A6 p
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.( w3 M E; X' h% F' Y( N ]
* h, q1 S# z0 L+ G7 ]) P) p
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”." q9 a- {$ s5 [- t- k5 T
; _) v; w$ h, |8 ~( zAn 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.”# K- h" s$ A- |! g
6 x. h0 f Y' F6 ]- b6 I# V& g
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. + E6 m$ S( P2 B+ e% g3 G . |/ p' M u! P& c8 b, P+ E! DThe 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.: l1 D1 i' y7 d; O/ r9 T1 |6 v
4 L( n) W. {8 i0 V# b8 B3 M1 D) S! S$ m' F
6 o- h# ?& |5 `( u) g- [2 S
Financial Times
