2007年6月27日 星期三 - e. \/ |) O* B/ K; G/ ^ 3 J7 v5 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。 0 [7 G1 o& s9 f2 F( J; G2 G& V* M) a/ x( R( z
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。 , G; S/ R# w. { {6 M / R o( N) b5 u( K0 V: V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。) p1 l' y- a2 m, r0 b; D
6 Y* R; q1 ?9 n" x( U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。; X. ?8 x% T7 s
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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。 ! H/ T, v- `: |4 [7 j! p5 g; U' o3 ? ; l( Q( F( {) @ L2 B9 z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。 ! P ]9 n: Z% K* s" ]! I( t z3 ]' y5 Y5 ~) O2 u" X7 M* Y 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”。+ p) H$ q4 v5 T8 W N. o
5 v. [2 b# ?2 O) N+ ~" v* L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。” # H. |* ~9 q8 N/ `" J ) S, N: ~' [( L5 X! [; g% P& Y6 K8 x2 j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。0 {' N$ V2 z$ d, ~# v- e, m
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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。! Z6 P0 b" s' R. t3 s/ C( e* Z: \2 F4 D
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . U) M* u8 Y3 L c- ~& o9 a# w2 z& k2 B
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , b( R0 s( | b5 V* L2 r
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 f+ v) s$ T; y; ^* J2 s$ ] J# w, ^9 m; }- c
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. 0 l3 F) C Q5 b' E3 O& o. l5 p* 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.2 T. J f" [3 k
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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. # V' \' d2 w! \) a/ ^( G1 S b: T* R N# n1 B
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.* ]/ t7 c3 E2 ?0 D: c
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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. 6 h/ |, F1 @* g' x3 @9 W( W% s- u) f7 A0 Y$ I' @
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. , `/ y4 v/ }) ]- b4 J : ^( C9 K& J" N5 ^. \7 xThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " p, } E, k# N P& a. n9 c" u2 b ]( a$ k/ d
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.” $ _" I/ X) `/ i. O$ A' A. W) p 1 `( n! U( @, M6 ^- }+ d8 JThe 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.: v* w p/ @7 r! ]/ ?' y5 G1 e
( M2 Y6 u' a( c; ^! iThe 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. ' _* M+ S# u8 M- k: ?5 v8 H7 H9 |) g$ L3 t' u0 d: \& O% V
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