2007年6月27日 星期三 - Y& s6 f8 ^7 h [7 j! S* Y- H
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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。+ d0 ]+ F; y" P( E3 f4 q) ]; u
: Y* W: j. o. z6 B: A) ~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。 ! |3 B: s) t* y4 Z; b3 K8 G6 N; F; b( D
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。5 v* g- H, a0 c1 `
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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。 8 R: P% {. ?0 w6 `: ^ y$ ?+ j: v+ t' `+ {( 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。 6 Y1 S4 D( w" K) r; j# u# v }! C" o' }3 c6 f) s! s4 A( e
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。 4 {5 v. W( E2 L+ x/ X" `5 q9 H$ w2 u- o
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”。, l1 w2 _$ R' @0 {& z+ d
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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。”7 g8 N+ v- i9 E( ]/ W% k4 x# j
' M; [) s) g/ @6 e* {2 _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。 ) X: a) h8 o* C0 ^1 g! I0 U% c r, |$ u* f" O* \9 b' R v. {" }# K5 L) a
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。1 |+ c! K( W, C! N
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4 e# Z9 c% C1 X' V: m/ o) `: \By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , S' S/ i, S6 Z! m, y/ p2 c% a7 P) `
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1 ]3 P) r4 L+ yBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# l. G6 v3 j, E1 x# ]
/ Y! `3 i: p9 V( oChina 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.# Y$ ~" ]1 b$ P
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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. 8 L6 _- W0 G* H1 o) h' d2 }/ I, w$ [ ' [ ^* |$ ?8 k* 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. % v, c3 P. o1 \0 z4 ] # |% m+ _. R9 n+ sThe 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. , f4 C2 M8 L" l) R- d4 U+ g% x2 b+ Q* x. |8 O w: j0 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. : n7 i6 Y; T! z& B$ h! k1 J z2 O2 O( R% Q8 s/ 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. 8 z0 C! [2 Y8 Z: e5 | g" n0 y* h' u0 B1 w( a. O
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 L) v2 k1 G+ w/ f/ l- Z0 a6 m: a/ ^8 K& G
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.” : J- B( W, r: K+ R3 D* K/ Z 3 P! _2 W, ]- K, m9 X+ \+ fThe 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.1 l( ]! C% D/ U, \# [( ?# K) p
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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. - X! F6 B" s" V+ c4 C% i ! r# T7 K8 H) u! o$ J7 ^8 ]" ~- t* N6 }0 i8 b1 H
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Financial Times
