2007年6月27日 星期三 # J6 P: S2 c/ {: L9 {* F# ?6 _ / c7 |, k- q' i4 m* ~' d2 n
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。 2 m7 k+ h; _. y. | - j5 |' O8 y7 t% q6 G8 A& u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。$ R! C2 ~! \4 Z8 l
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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。 ) N" a) l4 P+ ~$ s0 r 6 G$ T7 S" ~% J# [7 T
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。9 J' {5 g* C4 g1 J0 z) I
; j- r. B5 B1 i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。 $ f0 z7 w$ b8 h$ R$ g. I/ l8 S5 v6 R: E; w; c
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。; P) u s8 L# e; z
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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”。 3 t3 Y$ F! R% e: s) M6 c8 f6 n5 t$ S1 M. s( k$ 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。” 6 ^" E% z, j% }+ r" H7 W' a- M) ], B! D. b f T
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。 $ Y3 l' w8 Y% R# {" e- m: ^ x # {7 R. P+ z3 e3 d3 v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。 , h# z2 S6 x7 _& M % F1 x% i, r3 {& K6 t* v+ h( K 6 Z9 h' h" r: RBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / l) v3 B N) B B" l! J
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 # U4 b, l# G5 S5 Q7 U" w+ l
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) }2 Y0 |7 r8 x+ b& N$ v" o9 z: L! R" b/ q+ F0 G8 |
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.* h# u1 F( |3 g8 x$ A4 Z0 {
A3 H- ^! N5 W Z4 Z; s" r1 ZGovernment 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.! Q- [& k4 n' G c) e+ a8 u
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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.' v& \3 j9 [, |0 o' X
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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.# O& _7 R# j& t
; Z6 {1 ]/ b9 t5 b5 wChina'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. 7 O; I% \3 V8 e. g; T * R( i# g( z+ \7 `+ }, |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.# _5 u0 B" q- f5 } y' }( I
4 w8 t4 |) b9 j0 z( _The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) ?3 W5 c* `3 V% a R5 P; z2 `+ e+ d+ b g1 f! c
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.” , q' n4 a" s% J6 R* U2 Z( s4 P' v% R( V4 l% _9 f
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.$ c9 Z e" l& Z( |
8 E5 j5 Z; p: W- M& ~. q+ \7 EThe 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.7 V& K7 n/ o {, r8 T
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