2007年6月27日 星期三 0 f5 X# G+ Z. L9 T0 |6 u - Q; }0 e8 M' i' S( P/ X9 t. }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。9 r: \6 {7 s7 l9 J' r/ d+ c9 y
3 y. E1 H' j# c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。, S% @- K) {% O* K7 w6 V0 I' N
% U: e, Q+ c7 k; G8 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。! L- \: E# J0 y# W
* P1 `. [1 F' |' e( I; |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。 & d+ P4 @4 w' }3 E2 U/ F# ?( K4 m* l, j
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 K3 D2 X' }. [: K0 F9 _/ X
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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。8 t6 d% o) F0 k1 ~& [5 w5 t
6 j( U( ]# X# t" z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”。 ! l+ t: a1 a, G; M4 H. a / K- z0 i5 H& ^: d3 Z7 V, P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。” ' w( I0 r K8 ?7 c& R( _# W4 s4 Y5 r# d* x7 Q1 F
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。) W2 ~4 k `- s0 t
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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。$ B/ Q+ S& I h" M! j
6 n1 o7 G" _) S. u ) {, [% o# l8 Y0 MBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % s0 i2 N, X9 W/ w0 z% A: {Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! F/ S0 i4 X& ?1 z5 l% d8 @0 G4 e
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+ z! D& l; [) J# qBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 N$ p. Z8 i+ @2 i& n - b1 G: i: H8 c# }% N& D( E( @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. 7 ~( W. H7 ~2 e+ _/ z2 J d7 b$ B
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.0 U/ e5 J2 p, k% T% \
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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. , n" ?, Q3 ^$ E% C3 ~1 R/ J8 m. h+ {; O. s( h/ P2 L6 H
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.4 b+ j c1 G7 o
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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. $ z1 S7 H& U* i2 {# l 9 X) x: v- u) u o- UThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 3 ^, M) M4 n- b" n3 g3 a( J. Z$ | % M- l) L7 A! S$ GAn 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.”8 w! y4 G5 M1 J
6 B& m- v2 j- Y7 yThe 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. / x6 t Q: w: ]: `/ n! ]# h6 v/ @% G; t r T
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. + \+ Z, u: {+ b6 o3 o6 c$ ^) S 8 O& W+ c. R: s1 | ' {' ]8 D8 T6 N& v$ A2 g" V( W, I6 L& g @
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