2007年6月27日 星期三 $ e' ^* V* L: B$ N! H: k9 ^1 y/ k 6 R5 {. N0 t! k: F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。 - t6 N# }0 t( ~" G, L* ^$ u ) h3 f! v) ]7 C1 W) z+ h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。 6 M" ~& D4 C: e ?3 Y 6 ?( V" P4 E+ p1 ]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。+ F) a5 w2 r8 ], i
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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。) f. H6 C/ |( F- G* X
1 ~$ k1 b, g/ }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。 7 V3 m; T' P1 }( X' n' d2 H$ i ! l$ Y, {6 w* R5 y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。" t; x% k1 z/ K, G
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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”。, R+ t8 Z) H7 c7 K( l" `
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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。”0 e- Y3 h7 S% P
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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。 # l% t6 ?9 f: A. I8 i! Q E! N9 Q1 m$ g7 i8 \7 _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 k1 ?1 M2 G: t6 C0 K6 v1 I% y% M$ q* P' H) B" }
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# G* \. A0 d. wChina 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. / e) e; }+ B4 Q8 \; @" V/ _' a8 Y' ^ z) Y" e3 n2 I
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., ]: [: k: I. A
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Coming 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. 6 e) y- _ l% }: K- e! W2 G" m 2 X% C' H) I) @# n" }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.' d* h! {& { P7 H1 R3 M' @
d. z. e+ K' v6 aChina'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 i; V% |& Q. X5 s6 R% B n
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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. 9 Q$ O. ^, Q' Y- q. A& {9 n+ L. |5 F4 e* b8 U F3 v9 F
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " K$ x: m$ v1 M ! U, T y" E' g3 T/ x E& yAn 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.” # y3 \, ]$ ^! [( u0 X" M$ l* f: O% K, p1 I5 }9 T9 J. l
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.! ~/ T% l5 y6 x- _- _' }
& Q7 G0 e X1 q" l0 Y! q% O; J5 UThe 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. 3 c# i+ r! b7 q% }$ r0 m1 J4 t Y# g( ~% X8 e
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