2007年6月27日 星期三 4 O; O2 q1 B. x/ W% G/ }
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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。% W( M% j* G7 M7 P
+ K! ]7 f4 t4 o7 G, U" d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。7 @* b0 j$ n+ P7 ]1 p' M
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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。2 H0 G' X4 |( ?; O
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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。 0 g/ A1 P2 z8 U2 l+ r0 U2 }5 I# I2 D1 A! H V* B6 Z, v& A) o
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。( X; a i8 R+ L2 _" N
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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。9 `5 _9 y3 ^) Y7 d) E$ w+ h7 Y
: T& i4 s- ?1 _8 H, \8 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”。 ! O: p& w" V4 p) W. t 7 h- D! p4 M: M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。”# \2 |1 S9 l g, G' M
+ B( J% o0 F- }3 u8 P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。0 k$ P" i P+ r9 b. l
+ q0 f m. I- y/ [2 T, k# x( C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。3 }: k0 ~* ?: J/ r
i& T# A4 I1 a# L - K5 s6 O1 a2 \2 f" H5 ?) _, qBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 o2 H8 B. b' m g9 p
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! a- x' ?/ q' ~# ]4 I" M & u$ S& j4 Q0 p1 C; [+ t' ?1 k+ g3 e0 |! @# d% I: ]
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 B( ^& `& Q: M7 Q# N3 a
' G7 t- p* Q% n9 BChina 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+ J1 v! J2 M3 J. P
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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. % h+ J, J- C6 ]2 ]4 E# s0 e: n" r2 T! R) ^
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.0 I8 Y9 \' i% l% a. \& s) |) d
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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.- K0 n8 x. O: j
, f' n+ _4 B' Q: `. QChina'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. ! t; ? e2 e' _- y 2 c7 u+ c' G; ~1 l, EThe 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./ a5 T! x. D/ r* s, S( s5 S
: ^4 h. F" F" w3 M u. sThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.! z& r4 U# C' S2 B
$ n: S: R8 v" 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.”. G+ ]/ S! H# \" w% T! D2 S2 ?
* V. c( k' W! R, Z( }. V+ f' `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. ' t* H/ ]7 z, s @; R3 R 4 a9 N2 S F8 u" y& gThe 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. . n0 a# z1 L- t6 U ) W. r" \' M6 S! b8 r% {2 D! \- z% ]8 D; s+ V1 @& E
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