2007年6月27日 星期三 4 G. t% B$ U8 k+ ]; U( ?! T $ |" g5 u( N' r! x0 R( [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 [2 D# V4 O9 B
7 D3 r. `, d# z3 l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。 0 l+ S6 A! h9 v# O0 ]5 S3 j) b 6 x# G* P$ V4 D6 E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。 - \% s* B8 N: D+ N8 t' W 2 [2 @4 _$ _. j$ e7 A, D6 Y- y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。5 H E- o( g" o- T
$ `/ l' V5 C) o4 T8 E% a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。 1 o' N8 {/ I! O& ]+ V2 h # V7 M0 _8 | U& i; D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。 # z% n4 d7 r# U- e" V6 `; c" Z5 j% S1 W$ P. D6 w' `- `% o4 s0 i( [: j
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”。 , {; @, o0 ]' b( J2 Z, p5 I2 G5 S1 I3 B2 r
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 Z' o0 E' g# x$ S8 q0 L7 C
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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。' { A* d* G0 l% ]0 w" W
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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。- [: o8 [5 I# o% W% ]7 Q R$ u
) `+ G! ^: D) y2 p$ _3 t % }5 b/ u `1 PBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 w- f. p9 u& q3 O9 kWednesday, June 27, 2007 m$ v8 k v4 {* t9 f/ u4 L! }
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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. + c# Z7 F# _0 m; H+ Y: i6 U% G8 j: ?7 ^3 N$ A
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.: a3 e4 [! j. Q, W7 h- l4 M8 s9 D
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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. : D& G) T i1 |' {1 A/ R 3 A j. B! z, {! m6 }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.# P E! {& w; z( G
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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.2 o* g6 w$ ?0 V, G4 ], {& K& d! 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.6 f( f. ]; A; M6 b
: v1 Q9 Z5 D) C+ I7 WThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 I) u! j- Y F- \+ H4 L# B" v1 q' B" k, \& N" m
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.” 6 X6 {7 y3 i) z 9 N" D* R) {1 _1 h1 w5 u; s/ c" lThe 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. " k4 Z4 o9 k" B, V# f1 d- \, Z ' K8 q; q1 y' V# f, C: `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. % m% O% a' r1 M6 d5 m+ x( P; c, o3 O" D; s9 X
- }; q" _" h' ?9 w8 Q : I! E G9 W( P- ^ EFinancial Times
