2007年6月27日 星期三 ; V6 R0 j5 O4 b 3 P: Y5 L8 K- K& r4 t( L9 M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。 * K6 C: Z; ?' b) ]+ n, [3 F * M" V7 D# h$ p+ ]- {9 W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 ]4 H( L5 W( p7 A ! w7 A& x) h( i1 }" c2 b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。! ~! v e) k/ _$ v* ]4 X+ t
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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。 ) L6 e$ T" L; }% Y8 h3 Q0 j3 Q) `8 S* Y' l0 u5 a0 Z8 i
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。 % c! b6 d% N3 b( w+ J) d. O' D3 F - B( a$ K1 k( ^3 y. R4 V9 x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。 " i- g. v, h& Q Q, J; _/ ] " g9 x. f4 g" o. e# ]5 B6 I; M7 F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”。' e3 k9 y4 Y! `. b. ]9 k& ?* G7 C
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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。”) R5 ]" R; t6 u; B: D! w7 x+ k/ P
) c' M4 m( d6 c- C/ b: I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) ~2 c/ v4 R S ' O p, q% e" B: C' N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。9 B3 U9 v! f( Q7 Z6 ?
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * D7 g2 A5 |2 TWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 g( ^' R. H6 [$ ~2 _$ r9 V. ^" x9 M4 ?- e
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . d" ^7 |4 I; |. J) G+ ?; } - C8 c7 b3 V' d: ?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.' c `; v# \; Z
# V' n1 u$ T& A e' U/ iGovernment 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.6 c+ z5 X3 m! T5 w! t/ y3 b
$ W1 m* m; ]& i1 MComing 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. 6 _: j3 U, f5 m# L$ N+ q( u- s* s7 M# G# D
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.3 k( K+ m. ^, z
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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. 9 F; W! W* m) {) F $ `. |) I0 N+ p3 @+ y8 ~' _% r, MThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ! _) h( E# r2 G Y6 M, u' { N& _ 7 B0 ?- ^$ @/ p: V( N% R1 y: oAn 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.” ; {5 X& i6 F( ~4 D- u- ` 0 U8 F- s B4 G1 PThe 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. % ^; x# I- y) L8 C5 @' ?) C 2 m5 J X! W. fThe 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.4 j! Z" a# ^) B C
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