2007年6月27日 星期三 8 f+ a6 d7 t s' P; D % }7 u/ c* _$ A: ^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。 # ?( ~2 C% T, h2 h 4 \" X+ v# A& f* E7 t% J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。 8 U3 w/ y9 ?* p6 @2 M" D+ _9 K- D8 i: H1 p; O
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。 - X/ q4 \# K @ ' }% W6 G5 \; U/ z& S' }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 \; R. t ^% l8 n! _- W$ I) r" m; T4 S: h! o( ~, r
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。 ?& e( S. v7 b3 _" b: S: Y& }+ R ! ]) h, P* u5 c7 e$ a" Q' [# i5 }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。 7 r0 C5 K* h8 L) l& t( p+ f. U- I* [9 W' 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”。- c K6 T: [4 t7 b: I7 Z8 V5 J
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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。” 7 P1 ^" q' |) Y# i 6 h. i0 C+ z- W' t6 Q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。) y$ m5 d8 I% H s
- R0 Y3 \. f! L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。# v0 f1 J; }- {& P" F4 @5 p
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f; t8 E" }9 `3 \% gBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' w% X5 J. e' y( O# q7 HWednesday, June 27, 2007 - \+ }2 O3 y; o3 [ C
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION7 n$ c' M7 p* H8 V3 |( Z
$ I, |6 l1 J/ p9 {2 g2 DChina 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. 5 O8 P" f- v4 P5 V1 Z . A" Q, z& P9 A. u% R2 FGovernment 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.$ i- w9 N6 l& c, R/ n# k0 }: j* q
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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. 0 h1 \1 B- W& N5 @) y9 a* g$ Q: \. N, l
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." `8 u! c1 l* e' t6 E( |! S
7 F9 J. J8 Z* i1 IChina'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.* {- ~. ^5 [3 e; F
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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. 6 A: C* Q$ z; @$ L( p: @$ D* |9 L# N. j" M% [% n
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”." a: b5 o; `5 x4 a+ H
3 e. A) j, P) x1 zAn 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.”! n. b' S) a# }6 e. y8 v
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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.6 w" l+ h2 R8 ~) W3 b
0 C$ p9 O% D ^+ `: MThe 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. ) G* _" C* G5 J: o6 @* P+ ?3 f# m* v) Y5 O: {1 \6 a# \
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