2007年6月27日 星期三 h% o( A8 d; j8 G8 w 2 y8 T& c8 C4 e$ `' r" 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。2 q) i+ w% ]) A$ ~# O
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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。 $ Z) K- r7 c I. ~3 U$ K7 L1 a; Q$ ~7 w$ E R
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。5 U) \; ?: A2 t1 j( o
3 K q8 w. M1 `/ d1 S" K6 \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。 4 H0 ]6 @& g5 B1 g; W9 O" H9 a' W3 _
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。3 g6 }( L T/ }; b! l; F
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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。0 C; J1 k( K- i8 x" {3 d7 |" i
; Z' }+ N( C ? w5 _3 x; |; s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”。% i- S. @) {* [( f* ?# `, ]) I
0 `% N5 g; T, N J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。” `' F! F) A, `' M- Y9 ` 4 U' a. f0 y6 z) r. |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 H. }9 X7 w7 {# a0 S
. r! b" h* {$ [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。 5 u/ D }7 j' q3 v/ I3 i. {. _0 s+ W8 W" @+ U
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 N5 G& i. h) j/ U# h7 h8 k3 H! z& J
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; Q7 r- h% s; [ mBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 0 T! T1 B, l y( K. s5 X, t & H! q p) U. YChina 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. ( c. q3 E0 X+ C @2 x/ X5 b: ?1 V ' h6 a }' L0 @0 t8 IGovernment 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. ) Q- w* ?) B% T: ^ 2 B+ q) L$ }# }' s9 Y" {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. 0 {) G" u5 b$ ?+ V6 k" Q& p, v6 i( B, E- P
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.! n. O- w F" s; K/ _
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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. * S- k) D1 ~ a$ \+ W4 t$ L : [' {8 u' c8 u% \) JThe 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. 6 G0 Z5 `1 }! e' @ J5 f2 {2 |! [: z, z, \% J- u! G4 q8 D
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' N. e5 K6 O* S- [/ v- \5 g6 l k( m! l# A0 N1 n
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.”3 @% @) ]' P& \* p6 s5 z) a9 b
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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.! K6 d! e/ D j3 Z) J, P
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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. 5 Q; z6 Y4 u2 O) A/ Z& L0 |; R7 ?2 o' X
