2007年6月27日 星期三 \4 ^$ V5 y- f9 ^ / L1 M, H/ Z# |9 F: h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。 ! ]7 t0 C& Q3 Z% u: ^3 c! {8 \$ p6 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。 z1 S9 a, V: C6 u; L! T3 k6 b' J: ]0 B. Y
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。$ u2 X Z6 o H) m# s* B) O$ F
7 P( ~) A8 x9 D! 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。) L; O" V' r% H, Z
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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。 ( o! i+ C, p9 `* f1 q3 w # M4 X; K% A. K. s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。) Q1 B9 @) R& Y) L1 ]& ?
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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”。 % [7 S+ v& q4 Q3 O2 J& i 0 G% e; `- j: J: `) v$ n6 Z2 ~/ p2 c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。” 5 r! ^7 g& U, T% w. `5 p5 J2 R, P# m5 R8 h$ j0 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。7 Q3 a/ U/ ?. l5 n2 f: D
2 F. S8 e. B% J! Q# C+ K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。- [2 e2 ]' k1 Y+ ~ f* Z, X
4 Y7 t! b @* j6 m- z- g3 ~* v& b# d 3 d% W9 ]- E1 v2 ^By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % _$ z2 ]2 c6 U5 M3 }( D( S
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ; m! k% K8 n/ T8 I( a# `8 u
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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. ) T8 ?! l+ M8 G3 z6 _* Y7 A7 g3 t& z3 k( I. D
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. Z+ P% |/ s j4 H5 u J* m+ b
' ]8 f$ b3 R V- _! p& F0 KComing 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. , V3 F1 j, ~9 h$ r/ \ A# j ) T- [: |! c& `( X3 fThe 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., N- l0 Q7 K) f
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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.0 f& J9 M0 p4 l0 R. e
; E. V, i; j9 Z9 G4 {2 [2 k- m( vThe 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 u, D5 }) j$ r, e; ~/ [4 g
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' i7 x/ R" ?- m8 }# g( b) S" l
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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.”" M& R) ~9 t0 T5 j A& u/ y; ?
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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.- }. a& a3 m9 R6 K) C; j- _
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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. $ l G" ?3 p ~7 G4 Q1 z* }8 Q 9 h/ G, E, o* e( v% _: z6 J h: L; p# h7 B, {
