2007年6月27日 星期三 & K7 K3 E1 d, r0 ], }" v% q: w 3 f5 X5 b8 t4 ~1 v5 L6 k4 I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 ?+ c. ^5 p+ W
4 ~9 H% n8 Z3 |; g+ G: J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。 3 V+ r3 j% a0 t1 D- W$ m ' a5 s) M; ?0 `, c7 v( B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。 2 S- r. j" `5 R) f# n& [ 4 O2 x3 d5 o. E( |
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; M. v( O+ d; J & p$ f$ Z8 ^: q- i+ ?+ 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。 $ R/ q2 j$ ?5 F1 E7 h7 n; v, Q0 B8 {, n+ S! G
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。; L* M# s3 i- x; E7 y: {8 W) u
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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”。8 A5 Y$ ~" V6 P$ V7 E
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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。” x/ V" F! W/ u$ `
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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。 * \/ q! @1 B# `7 j0 x) _5 N3 D4 Z6 R. b( }6 F( j1 V+ X
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。( B7 u' o. v3 G: p) V6 }
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / w! U9 Z2 z8 e0 k. vWednesday, June 27, 2007 ' I/ l$ q4 p2 [+ B
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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.+ l! m$ c% ~9 s2 ?" R
8 o! _$ M3 h" CGovernment 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.9 \+ w l* Z2 K9 R% g% {
5 i9 m, l8 T) y6 p! FComing 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. 1 S3 U4 t4 h! O5 O& A6 ~. I8 s+ F, |! _5 _/ y( k; X
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. ! y: H# b) c$ h3 V$ y+ k! G/ m7 Y 2 l* k# ~! s1 K& \' m1 KChina'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 _# m- I$ b4 T7 v! S ) T/ y/ s! g9 h, mThe 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.& @0 g# _* r* m+ b9 `* o- g" Q
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% m3 f$ S* S1 w7 K, h- }
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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.”* Z$ k4 F" f& g' o2 T
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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.; p& }6 [4 }: [" v1 B, }6 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.; o. k2 b* r4 h% X
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