2007年6月27日 星期三 0 t6 s$ V! k ~3 R 6 K q& O1 p3 S9 H& {. M1 W1 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。 v, z8 H X9 x* _9 i3 r
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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。 " S' x' J8 B: p' v$ G4 J, D* b. t8 O2 s; \: s" _/ u
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。( R! C" \5 Z0 ?- g
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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。 + k7 _) f+ B: J! G$ u8 G2 T2 m ' o/ N: x- ~+ W2 e. A/ n; I" k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, X2 h# l" p# N5 W+ n
$ S2 t3 |: Q% q- [% ^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。 * L7 T, R, \6 o$ P' |* l5 r0 L ( s6 x; q2 I% d1 i" M% f% o; L: K9 w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”。% @! }# Q) ]% ^+ _6 {, U6 [
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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。” 3 J) q7 T/ K4 I & D2 J) y Y& ~& c! S- d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。 5 ]1 `9 v% F) ^) ` ) o9 h* U0 A8 ~; o3 |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。 / i" C# X$ w. H6 a7 i) M9 ? * r1 g* N/ B3 W 5 S3 d" S1 l0 Y2 vBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / _1 K2 y! Z3 t& TWednesday, June 27, 2007 ! J: l. x2 F/ S/ H; G; B8 m
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 P! `, e, s! h" e8 {
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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. 2 Y! _2 k$ q* j, z- Z% v) v% i) ] S* P5 `
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. T: i# F) n$ `* m 4 S b( t6 L! b: b5 _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. & P! q& p' K1 x. X3 i4 \) V. ], `* b( e) a- v
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.! u1 {- U- ]5 U8 T8 A) |, D" ^
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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. 5 R/ e' i6 D2 t5 G 0 l! \, c1 T* Z: E% TThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 3 y; k- J8 k5 J! A ' J3 d0 [7 m G, S# V7 ?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.”1 y/ k! N: `) @
6 H9 E# m' L4 t0 iThe 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. * W4 J# L K) K! c ) k$ o$ G% w9 x+ e, cThe 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.$ ^9 ^( F0 c5 w) p' {
