2007年6月27日 星期三 ( T- {) m! ?) V- J! p) o, J 6 g7 C+ t' w& J D, R% M- m9 E9 {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。 5 d8 m) y- I( G& P5 _) n9 i( s0 o' F+ Z$ o
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。 5 Z" u7 R5 _. @0 u" P) v% O* r5 f
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。 * B' V' F8 o2 G! m: P# } ( w, W# ^4 `! Y/ H( x
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。" b* ~. z4 y+ i9 I
8 M& o1 N0 P7 Z9 Y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。8 x8 b1 I& b2 ~
& {, ?5 C/ n6 s7 c' }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。5 {8 d5 r9 g+ b" H9 t
9 I! y7 L9 _) X3 V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”。 ! n8 g- f, w6 g: z6 @$ ? M1 p" W" k5 F5 g% S" ]. A8 W+ i8 k5 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。” " i H2 K! O( `- p ' E: B' w( C C3 M9 k( c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。 ; ]: d" A l0 b) p, W# `) C1 S, J% ]- 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。 - W2 e3 u; Q5 r" t7 T & w- O; I2 @" I" P" O* q 1 s0 L4 `0 q2 _' t; bBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % o% J! G6 K$ y4 a* x9 V
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ) N. m+ f8 c& ~/ v& Z9 x& `7 b8 L& B
2 E: i {: d& V. j! q! { + k/ O, E# f# s: A! |! a- hBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # k3 l( M! h& h8 y" k) p# r1 x! x ! z) t# ~7 x/ s# gChina 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. # `0 q F2 _! D" W- q7 [4 S + ^( h9 {9 [- s1 d; ^4 A, m! ]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. ; y5 r% K) R- Y) C6 P6 K/ ^6 u6 `* }! n; A0 T" O: b
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.' H4 P( Y7 G- c3 e% L% I* 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.: K! W$ b V* Y$ g& d5 {" E5 r1 k
6 O) j, g0 B: r! y" |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. " K" z0 m+ t) I2 Z) R8 D ) h% C. F1 g; y. gThe 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. n8 L: r( H% P4 U' \+ w) U5 m: T
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% s3 C8 ^* o4 z' a6 n
! x; i2 x& g( z5 a6 [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.” C. w0 r+ W/ s B: 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.; l' V) U' j8 @2 | |4 ~7 Z0 c
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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. : t- J+ V8 t' J& u6 P$ X& A7 o# I9 ]7 l3 X
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