1 S9 D. }# u- }' g* R- x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。 2 T3 u5 r0 Z! ~! t ! @6 t8 P0 x8 ] O) 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。) Y1 l/ N. _0 X, L9 R
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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 H- r/ v! e, P z1 G/ K+ t; C" o4 y# p. G! S* L! B. y1 K4 S
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。”. s/ l. x- M- [
, R) Y X- f( N' a% XBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 R1 |& @, [0 c- uWednesday, June 27, 2007 ! g, d* f \0 ~) U & d- v j4 W6 ?$ z( g0 p+ c3 z- D5 g! `( g2 D% r M7 b# f. h4 a
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / y* Q4 o- q$ d4 p0 u4 ]$ D& K, o# Y7 G! Q/ J' [' A% I1 E
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." ~: e$ c4 Q1 O$ o( z, ~
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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., f% b1 V! v1 g; u, g% A' Q
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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 l; F. g4 Z# x1 ^( Q1 F, _3 |
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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. : N8 H# }- W; Q" V2 R. z8 Y5 L O
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." N( j# C1 o% {" S: t1 g) f% N
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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. E0 ]; K9 I0 \* j( u; M' m+ c & r0 m7 u; o6 I1 \; OThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.( P: v3 A) W* o' Q M9 j, D( _" M7 T
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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.”- p$ `. V: P3 j% Z
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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. % J: |, @: m& K4 R / V- `9 G7 s% a5 bThe 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. E5 a1 d" f0 i0 O
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