- h4 s8 `3 g. U q% N+ N2 z3 E: T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。 & c! U: g7 f* W. p" @0 I$ d/ d # v( ]1 e, ^5 m! 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。 " v! p4 W& E5 U B+ { # s+ c: x, J+ c. G) ~) 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。. j- P# r5 z- J3 |
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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。* w* ~# Q1 Q8 Y! I
. W+ M7 ^- F9 }- S! N" \7 @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。 & m% O7 q. l% ^/ H! }$ r 7 b2 O- \. j, r0 U8 ^4 U9 Z/ h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。/ |# v) \6 S6 z! \7 B4 E, I. W P/ P
" V; n( o& X+ L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”。 5 l" d- j. E) R9 W- ` 1 N' A2 |* h( e3 e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。”9 i2 R* [) i8 Z1 b6 D0 f
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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。& E/ K/ X/ h: f# r7 J* ~5 [; }" B
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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。 , ~; }/ K& C$ g) F/ C- R4 u* c ' Y( p% l9 b$ D4 c3 X& S ) c; }/ E* o- C: J oBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 d, F, w( w9 w- IWednesday, June 27, 2007 " i4 L/ x: I" J% E1 q" q . X7 U$ \" Z' \9 @% O! \% T; {: J- d# \" J, ]- P8 d
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # M9 K1 L" ~; c" x1 \6 ]% p" I1 t* }
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. 6 x7 A% W$ `( q; w& Q: {8 K- g 3 W$ w5 R! b5 d# R2 V. LGovernment 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. 0 ]: s& O! s; P% F- Y# [ - }" J" s1 E) D3 ]) R" C' gComing 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. 0 |3 F0 h# g' X" O( v, z$ z: u) p1 h/ d
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. # S5 ]9 C/ t8 `! d. c6 C P/ n- C/ i2 @8 \# J% ^' h) E3 P
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., Z2 x' P% s0 s
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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.- }* B; E. Z, W1 N: S' n: B" b9 A
% U; X3 J* K5 x7 T( s9 U3 i6 fThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 B. x. F' K/ H q& d) m) g7 y$ P) |+ ?
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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.” ' S; [ H/ Z- ?3 h! M! h) M / C7 E, L- E+ u9 \5 ]/ NThe 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.8 n) Q) r1 ]# P) V( i
6 P& }% u& p4 l b9 d9 g# ~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.% x* @/ V7 @) y6 i) J7 V' X
! a* t6 E. i& i, P 0 z$ r4 P# v7 N& h. T2 l8 ? 5 E8 ^' V1 F. V0 b6 sFinancial Times
