2007年6月27日 星期三 ~0 j' c5 X' E' o+ s. e5 W: v ' p1 D8 m& h) b& ~) ~) c: c! n0 J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。 $ |3 ~% l/ d+ }; r0 H( f4 q0 D- m9 T; D8 i/ w1 D5 x
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。 . V: j: ~" J+ Y7 w* k# n - E3 n* L, o: {$ `: G- k. j9 \" `( ]9 C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。 & F9 G7 b. W; O 3 ~0 z/ s# E, r" p8 Q3 S' H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。; {% U4 b) \! {, M7 q
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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。 4 M2 F E# O( P" U; }$ b6 }4 R, L7 ^1 D% e2 j5 ~
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/ g- L8 x2 d+ j/ M, _4 N
$ d' M6 Z( y5 b1 l- q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”。3 t9 X& Q# F9 X
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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。” ; W2 t U$ }* P4 V8 p# y9 @ 1 g) K& ^9 s1 m7 x) B. L% }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 n7 D/ t7 F0 c0 _: U/ h7 X, j( d. X4 S7 i4 `* U; ]% J& i
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。$ q8 O- f& [0 S
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + F+ a! Z% F/ V# B2 _Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 \% q" P$ T, m) X& J3 m* g/ o 3 Q. ~3 O5 G) ]+ i4 c ) S" n; R S4 {BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' F1 A8 g8 V z) i# ^0 ~3 b, M/ |
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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.9 R/ o3 }9 s, C. F
! ^7 ?- {3 r! C8 Z$ m# R# O1 F, TGovernment 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.3 @% V- v: I2 v6 f) p3 y
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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.- F* t( z8 h1 E3 S1 @" {
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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.% i& l9 @$ j8 V V
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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. F8 d. u z" a : w/ B, A. a; C. @0 cThe 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. " ?& }; S: Y* t3 D3 K0 I; U( w2 W6 ] O2 r+ J% b- L N* f
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ g/ i m s& `8 k% X: K4 Q1 H2 O; I$ `, F1 M" Q8 o( h
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.”+ V' d* l* `* M, R, }, ~' D+ E1 j
" k; ^, U# Z# s# N- k; [+ y, A3 U- JThe 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., y6 U2 w# H: l; ]- L) T
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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.: O8 H* o. \+ U% o5 {: N- V$ _
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