2007年6月27日 星期三 + G6 I: w+ M7 B1 }, E7 ? / q) R) O1 S! Y1 o+ I) 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。 , w# _$ }! P$ y: F h: s7 u + T# K& y2 a& B, r0 Q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。 m" u# m7 M% [% o' f
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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。/ L: H- Q/ X K& i
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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' Z1 l |( ^) _
5 |; r7 N9 }% f$ b: h) e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。8 W8 I P5 \; v& @' u R; s5 Y: G4 Y
8 a) j8 ?9 v* H: K3 m, _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。3 I7 W: e, E. n* j7 B; v' h
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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”。 2 ?1 s8 W( O: R: f. E , S. D* W5 M- ?# Z# d9 Q1 R4 e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。” " W8 U* n3 S# F, C8 o+ i2 J9 i" e2 \( A. |- a
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。 & ]3 y; ?) V5 Y0 n' n ^' I! p4 ^% y5 K7 f% w, Q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。( E, k, k3 M# v& C) Y% s
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 ~6 C7 X( ~. S6 E* L# }
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 p3 e$ n6 [2 B( o, x5 M( ]
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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. ( k B# E* l+ O( p, Z " X, _9 s" \3 ~& S! Y: p ?# nGovernment 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.4 R: H1 _4 _) R `" l
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0 V) b8 `8 S" n$ G4 lThe 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.! |- f6 k+ q$ f& b
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8 L7 Q9 n+ O( O8 L/ {# FThe 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.+ Y% z; `/ Z; F9 j5 z
5 E+ J! G; A3 w' u4 |( C& T( qThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 6 E9 {5 W% B8 Z) M# x2 m 4 a# A$ B' x+ W2 ]5 W1 f4 V- BAn 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.”$ b7 Y1 X' k. g7 n
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The 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.8 q5 @5 R. p% ^+ _7 M3 u
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The 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 V5 a7 V- U: [$ T
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