2007年6月27日 星期三 * m+ [5 s/ g% O, F7 W8 d% C - Z/ I" [: z! z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。 1 V1 \( z) B' H* \# P6 Q- Q6 W) P: ^' E) c% `% Y
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$ H5 V6 l( q# T: d4 T; @! P# V" i$ P1 P1 G
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。' L8 q! U# ~5 o' q
$ p8 W. [% X- X1 t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。 1 {: F1 D: }# J 0 x5 v9 G' V, h6 |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。 * E; b8 Z5 ~3 U5 D2 R. A! ~ / w0 p0 j* ?- a: Z( c* O/ 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。 1 A' i* t# J5 b1 e $ r: J/ a+ G, p. T! `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! T% k7 A' S5 I1 }
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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。”- t6 E% Q5 v- R$ e
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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。& O' ]4 w/ {; t( l9 e% z: A; L& N2 J
1 j$ b7 U/ |% z. {# T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。 & M j' j) G7 v6 ]+ b ; L* `5 A: {/ [5 d! C( O6 a" u7 Y2 x+ C( ~; V
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # ?# G- V5 C# u" f( R
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1 u; h, l# H- d# H9 T% F 3 N$ F4 I/ E. t/ r0 c3 }3 w) P: O+ z/ a ; |$ J: f' n" jBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 W) F9 o1 m9 o+ K- a1 I8 h, S. q4 k# [0 \% F2 q' a I
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. " \9 N) j/ q! G- g! l ! E5 V9 o5 X) R, C x b& ^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. 6 K! N- r$ M5 ~* z. c, T2 }6 n 8 w" U: w' D* Y# H. L! L+ ZComing 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. & h: H. Z# b6 [7 r F W( g$ X4 e1 X$ J
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.9 } @+ E4 p1 y6 m3 a" M$ i, S% a
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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. 4 D4 i/ B0 [' S- \: z! R0 y9 o0 S+ p7 S, J4 t) {
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 v* ^! N0 `+ N0 z
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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.” 4 @$ Q5 ?: P: l3 T! b( G6 G5 n. c P7 i% w7 G$ W
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.3 u3 z. ~1 W6 T8 f; N6 W/ s. Q
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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. $ o) d- N* S, p7 b/ p: T* |0 E+ T3 y
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