2007年6月27日 星期三 : K4 z- n9 L1 b9 r& H c ! s) K) }. F' v3 l% @* w4 {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 z) R& R3 ]) |1 {) U% h
8 Y& r3 w" x9 B( W+ W. t' Q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# e% u; `6 N : i2 I3 F% P- V, F# K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。, V% Z, l8 z" Z: d* ^
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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。- j" O7 D+ i+ O! Y( y
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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。 e5 P7 a" Z% i) U
& ]% o; b/ K' K% m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。 ) \6 Q! E6 ^3 Y* v$ [/ T 3 b8 y2 c6 U$ ` C; U+ |& ~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”。 1 v" }7 Q+ n7 g0 o, ` , B6 e" U, m, L5 J# B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。”, p% s- |* f; p- D- z( P- a
0 W2 G" X3 v% E! i; n+ 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。 % Z( R1 s4 V# E9 U; I' X' y* C% n: R4 E- h
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。; a0 i% A/ c+ W7 y* X/ H& W
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 K8 K( s9 |, @
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8 d( x+ Z5 {+ c& cBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 F3 ?+ l N9 {- C% |* z - m9 {% |$ Y: W, M. |. A u* ?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. 2 C) o) Q ^8 [+ W- I" J! V, O' i& g4 O7 Z+ D
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. ; f' q$ j: H) ?, h9 t) d ; G0 d6 {/ y' c1 M S y5 ]2 U; ` cComing 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. ! m( a, D: }0 x+ H9 H0 r9 ~! J' r. E4 e2 f8 g ~% Q
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.: c4 `6 c) H& ~5 @* p
6 \/ N" K; l. ?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. 9 H3 y& y) r: l8 x# F+ Z8 C4 |0 v$ b; J5 P) h) A- m1 L1 g
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.8 s6 P3 n/ _9 C4 Y+ y
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: i9 j" H2 r$ u4 s- I
3 H. W) }% ^& l+ z! ~( w8 j( RAn 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.” j( V' b0 z2 h4 S' s
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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. : k3 D( \1 {" ~: c8 K+ X9 f+ U9 Q, t: C5 ^
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. 5 \+ H, p- D( ?7 ^; [ , r4 A+ I% X/ M6 e# i, D) |6 J$ @( b8 N8 f6 {6 {
