2007年6月27日 星期三 4 S" }: @2 ]0 c1 h: C; i% m* | ' \; Y: v, k: U2 I- m0 V4 h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。: x M1 Q* e6 v4 ~6 W
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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。5 L5 z- i0 _" R5 [( F1 n! ?( Q% v8 v
7 K# z' t1 G9 I8 A0 f- D& | Q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。- N5 _1 g+ \" O
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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。" |. }. w" V& p6 a: R
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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。+ L+ \0 \( R. l% v& q$ ]
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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。 / R+ ~% L+ Y! J# a6 \' ~! n% s" ?% D3 R b1 P8 D
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”。6 U! A( l+ Z; [+ O
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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。” * G; G( m" P1 M! z! P. k/ t/ ^2 G+ c; f/ r/ 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。 : }' g% z, _( l% Y5 o ! B8 x: L" P v6 ^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。 4 A( p# G( G# S8 A U 2 R2 i' v4 i9 |4 V/ R6 {8 e Q# a' X. b, {; \
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 l7 g7 Z% P; T/ x5 d4 ?- PWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 o- h: T- ~' x, x* s6 D3 O " Z, M8 X M2 N' | / c n1 z. H- q& A2 t2 B6 i0 f+ z% D* EBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 W o- a/ v, G) Z/ w1 N
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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. 8 D x3 p/ }* _2 b, Z5 i5 \* E' K# n' s3 }: [' ?* t
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. 6 R, T/ K( ]! Z & a5 G) q7 U* W: O8 R! qComing 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." i7 L3 ?; E8 z4 a' a; e- x: S
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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./ L* @0 c: H) ^) o
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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. ' K1 @4 C* ?! H% d- t7 L1 w/ k" m$ ?3 J( J! d. w9 j4 o
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. . v4 ~, r& H5 T' t" n" g: F9 g , u( N( M5 n7 b, Y; EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.. A& Y2 L1 @5 q" o- j
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P m5 }5 T7 ~% u% W. b7 u; bThe 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. 4 A j. D2 O# F - @( v- q+ A7 [+ OThe 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.6 \8 }1 g$ j* S+ P' i/ O; ], U; A; R. C
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