2007年6月27日 星期三 / _4 S) Z; g N0 p 5 A. a/ ^4 n S T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。 5 y/ \+ I# G+ c1 u9 e6 C. [) u4 R1 U$ n3 e8 P( t6 [
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。/ X1 j7 K; H/ i
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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。 / ~, T+ {. E+ B8 ]+ O2 W! Z Z# M9 [ 1 l; e! n0 h, Q0 V, [, `
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。 * x2 n, s' ~8 Y! A, |4 D5 p! l5 \( Z( G: Z/ d0 U: ^8 f
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。. [- ]0 ?8 C5 j1 `4 i7 K
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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。! Z S9 l: M7 Z A; r2 J" B/ `* \4 E
" Q# C( W2 R% 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”。) q, Q, W+ N0 A4 _. ~
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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。”) a% w) U! V3 ^. \8 [# Q: c
& x0 O6 S l8 T' u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。6 Z$ {5 r( ?8 L7 d; B
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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。3 `/ B# e' ^2 Q% P6 A9 n
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! D; e8 o: I A9 X% T a1 h
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION, a" f: X1 ]+ J. e" U+ p
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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. ( a* T% E( g5 A7 M ; p$ r5 y. V) T: qGovernment 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.& e* B% X' P$ A
# c1 a2 N* _, g3 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.6 x3 U- W' d6 v) O
9 R2 C* t) | y+ p; h: }, c# yThe 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. 7 y# c2 ]9 n( _. }2 B, x" Z! X- y. c+ V2 ~) a) J' h$ y
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. ; F" D, m/ G o) f" [6 U' @7 w$ L/ Y1 Y$ y: p! d
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.0 T6 x( z; y/ {9 ?* A4 u
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 f/ _* Y! u8 C# q+ m8 P: H. L6 i% q# T1 H" P% B; y
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.”( B+ @" c* ]- p' a9 o0 K( ?+ W0 [+ L
2 q& }3 j/ e0 K: u" ]4 ?0 N4 zThe 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 F( u" s- U" g- o6 G, b 8 t/ o5 B, p, s& C9 O! ~5 q3 H9 M3 GThe 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./ E. g7 F% h. G& o, i2 |) B" H
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