2007年6月27日 星期三 4 J% }2 X( ~9 F& [* y7 q6 _ O; T" b. i* [, z8 w6 \/ |2 c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 J! |$ v7 o9 M+ u7 O/ T4 m! F/ j( V
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。 - L O$ X$ }: b; C# e& g5 Z" | , S8 h( e9 F! \! c: p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。1 k$ C& m' ~$ o+ g3 v
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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。( t9 I9 [, [5 S `: 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。1 z) c' L2 E2 W# v5 i/ H# B6 Z: Q
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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。 ( I U2 K8 v# d! s4 M3 z1 T/ s& q% [$ S! Y# P/ s3 p7 P7 P4 A
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”。. @8 E! m# Z4 y5 _, J8 B0 Q+ K3 A
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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。”' a, y) H# f" p( v3 _, r$ R
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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。 * d4 t- b) V6 A4 @9 p! e, }) E `$ |$ d; r+ j
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。 0 b {4 p; p7 p+ T- z ' z. g. @0 X/ M _& L |# i7 n1 ^& j3 s8 n" Q& s0 r$ \
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ' u, l" h* ?; q$ d5 ~, e : X/ P" ]6 R8 b2 C2 L6 a6 ]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.$ W, w4 W, Q& u5 Y0 Y. K* ?; ^1 P. D
* U0 F$ g* @7 T: b* [( sGovernment 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. " G0 E5 _( L& c. W4 V; P ' |+ W* N; D: w! yComing 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. 9 k( [& _7 g. y) z2 q4 ^% p6 }- C6 ?4 [6 n w4 a- K( [6 V' R
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.. w7 o3 }6 O+ w& ?" A- m
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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 K2 h( c: u+ Y2 ~) J4 q2 h& ?' I1 _3 z
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.6 e0 ~ v1 s" P5 C" t2 @1 S0 x9 |: s
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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.” 1 e3 c: K! {7 Q+ G6 G) S# @4 e7 C' e. w2 X5 h- D+ q2 Q/ ?/ k; ^
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. / `/ u* j" o" h 8 ]9 |; f+ z+ P" o2 oThe 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.8 K* J' d. k1 g7 `: q
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