2007年6月27日 星期三 , Y, |# ?+ V+ Y ) B+ U* g8 C! J7 r" u% M, K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。8 Z% D; W3 \& t& j) _, i
6 p6 z \2 B1 m0 ?( |3 E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+ o8 d0 q9 x/ T$ r4 [: J0 W" E# {! V% ~# W8 W/ i! V
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。0 @# N3 I; ?! ]
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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。9 j, ?2 ]. |# @
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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。1 l! O- Z% M6 u. x
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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$ r4 x! E1 V% D
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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”。 : g& o7 t4 J. |+ x% Q9 M ; H$ z: y. I: c u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。”3 \' N- o& a. G& O- u0 Y
% r4 I2 {. L" D; l N+ i! o( B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% l2 G4 b x2 `5 t& f( Y 6 x+ D6 o5 V8 d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。 5 W0 R% ^' C( k: m; C & N3 l& J& u$ N+ ]9 m . g7 z$ t; P, T4 j& v. XBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 K# Z' U1 K) F% `$ C& rWednesday, June 27, 2007 : k! o- |, }8 F- H! \% \% a9 }# E" z; G0 j6 _& a4 J
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 f9 A" L2 c7 Z3 E: a' D& T* Y
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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. $ @& N$ d; w" G8 w- |5 x4 `3 Y ! e9 G! `' p1 ]6 PGovernment 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.4 n9 `6 c5 v, 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.- w2 ~* Y4 B- n `7 z
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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. . V) ?9 \+ p3 P% F* j& U6 ` 0 R1 j/ ^6 e! ~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 B) i, ~" g8 _1 q. E- ]3 w* G, }9 F/ s% v0 [/ a* E/ [5 N
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.; ~+ U9 X c5 K2 C) h' A! p4 ~
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& b, o6 e3 f( A5 SAn 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.” . E7 q I' d) M1 J( J5 O - d G& J9 x0 GThe 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. 5 s3 E* l7 {1 ?4 k5 [4 v) N, u7 O u- H" p! w3 m4 q1 Z! c7 l
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. # z( m& Y$ b H' L9 T1 x' d+ q4 J! t* p( b
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