2007年6月27日 星期三 2 ~% R% _5 t$ C; l ( b/ y$ G% t" S$ T5 I9 }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。 , E+ l+ |, j _3 f' N 2 b/ s. c5 W8 [& y, p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 Q9 A- A( R* F) b4 o+ N6 u 7 d5 h7 k0 s' G, Q5 k0 u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。- _' A2 j4 q s3 K
0 V. M4 t* \3 e; N8 t# R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。% v1 M- \2 ` p% i3 o3 Z
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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。 , h* d! B, G. h$ l7 v( p0 X# Y4 s! V; W; `" U
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。 4 f6 q$ T4 N; Z h+ M: G. C, s: d r0 T7 b
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”。 ' u* |: a0 R# W. ~9 X) d( ^9 ~1 \- d# m$ b3 M& ~/ Q
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。” ! P5 M7 `/ c; v% S$ @* F W6 ]0 ^ B0 f* @. W( N7 x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。 / d4 T; q* o( F% ~; @' w5 C% A p8 T* ?, T2 h* Z3 I
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。! B: T. {" c) {2 P5 z, F
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % d& G" z: F, ~1 H' GWednesday, June 27, 2007 " O/ L+ }: C, b2 ~6 {$ a
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. K) N) U8 o; Q q
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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. + k# `. M; S \/ ~( e& r9 L: ]5 y& C+ Y; E: X! O0 [9 m+ u
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.: f2 t! ^" K5 z% g# h
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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. : T7 k7 j5 {5 X( T 0 y$ Z, S F. i( {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.5 I$ w7 u3 M4 U# k
; |* ]8 I. _2 S" ?0 K! m' dChina'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.: V, T9 P, c* w0 Q |- i. a
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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.7 _. O: Q5 } E; 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”.$ o& W P* Y' I! ^, f2 W- j7 x
4 g) H# `9 y& R6 b/ K# 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.” ; v1 S; ?; }' t% ]) O9 G1 B4 Y7 ?3 ~; s( J Q
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.0 y+ g! G. N0 q7 \7 t, d7 O( s
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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.- ` G3 l( ?8 H3 R/ L, R" F1 e( ]
