: ~8 \7 X' R& I1 s4 l# p. i# o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。( D4 }1 |5 k1 ` n9 U) N9 p
% ~8 g7 t/ G; i7 H4 k2 k5 ~7 A& }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。 . y' n. q( m2 T E6 B2 U* X' \) \9 n4 ^% f! a
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。 + W( D8 \4 H2 b* s# h1 L7 r% x! | ' o b% G, x5 N/ d. |6 K) j. l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。5 n) y/ [7 e& N5 z
) {% }6 a) B. J# p! M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) \& ?+ u# F. E' ]+ m6 m/ E+ L' x ( a( v' }' ?; c+ d6 q& r, 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。/ X5 m+ F7 ~& U3 y9 P _
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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”。 / m' M1 w% {; ~- m; A, d/ v( L+ P4 G: `" u- s1 [
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。”# z' `) Y H# d3 K* e7 M
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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。 " V& m5 y" J. Q, U& e \1 F0 T" ^% ?. D& Q* ~5 K8 ~0 P: B# _
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。- T+ H V% }* y. e5 O+ o
& l9 ?; x5 d: o% ^ ' [% X6 `+ E, W3 RBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 {% s# b$ w' L3 ]Wednesday, June 27, 2007 : K* i- n4 H/ i! ~( d& T7 }5 R; {3 l C% K2 I
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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.# ~, \) f* Z% y; U9 J! M
- o& |8 L* w, b, RGovernment 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.* w" l/ d% s1 o+ b
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0 p U9 E* [+ XThe 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.; k7 [0 T; Z% n9 ]! b5 n: k
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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.: V2 t, Q3 y2 K4 l v& E W
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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. 4 h1 P- W% D5 J; w+ C( Z $ F" N; u; G8 o V# P$ lThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 3 \& p! I d$ t5 X2 t; W5 S6 l! F5 d5 b/ v! M/ L; z8 [8 Y, J
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.”) E: x A9 H( t+ R
& J. }* D- b. U. M& O8 cThe 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. d& V( |8 I ^) M% G( ^
5 M: }& N+ X4 x1 F7 o$ LThe 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. ( j7 K5 v G% p) P+ ? % y9 m- |' W) D' F" }( o# ^ ( f e {% b# ~9 S( Y ; m* B- ]% T- x( c4 I. ]8 nFinancial Times
