2007年6月27日 星期三 # T2 ~9 @7 K, w. O * `8 n' y5 {& L8 y/ J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 c5 v" c0 N+ f/ x4 v& K
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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。 1 z, M# z2 X7 c0 g8 i& I% P# m. R+ [9 |4 G& A( O9 b
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。9 \- z8 }0 m4 c6 q& \
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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。+ K( ~+ ?. o0 \# N% V( P6 t+ i1 Q3 T
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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。 , ^) O; I. @$ { i# ]% z " |& D7 f4 C1 G# M, O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。 - c: Q# Q8 J2 }9 S! H ) _4 Z% O% @; X6 x7 o* l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”。 j5 w7 E/ h9 M! S( F# Y* |' A. I6 R0 i+ ^ M
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" l. @* g q , D, p6 s, E" A) l5 n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。5 X$ }- m" \6 d% G" W0 a
7 T/ h1 b6 z4 b: a% s: w9 n' {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。 9 A" G4 t, D6 l. o: f: e5 ~ . K- I/ B8 I0 Q& K3 R# w0 a" g+ x% H5 y# g3 [+ a
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' P6 d; c% W+ V% d e c1 ?6 mWednesday, June 27, 2007 2 S. H% D1 Z- s* E6 ]1 D2 H( X8 [9 C Z: `$ O
5 Q$ g% u+ |9 q* a, ~% jBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION " k4 V: u5 v, X' {7 V, \" q- C B4 l4 v$ @
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. - i. B7 G3 D' g+ n0 m- f, C: ^ ; d4 O# {9 ]7 t9 h4 G. {5 Q9 k3 T6 l- lGovernment 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.& Z% o7 e; \2 j m/ H& k5 p
! Z+ w, {5 n2 N# _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.8 D- D, ~4 H$ c: V& v& R0 q/ N
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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. 9 j; Y+ a6 e/ a9 t; C. Y , l6 Z+ ^4 j" Z: D7 C; t) E; a8 bChina'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. / q! w |9 T7 }* \; M0 h: T6 Z& k5 w" y' z# Y, g0 E V4 e: `! 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.$ q, |1 {! K6 x0 C
8 h; b" L: d( } P1 Z& AThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 9 e! M. }/ X4 |. |/ m. L( C , N( t1 M, t% \. t( J# nAn 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.”2 b3 K8 e7 f+ k* @4 |
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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.+ W9 Q/ P; u" ^
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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. 0 ?( o/ W% G: e- ? 3 d6 u6 i6 u% p! z0 r9 G! F2 v* x1 P: L
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