2007年6月27日 星期三 + e' m3 u+ Y8 w8 o; B2 g6 Q" d & O t5 |, m i) K5 f9 W; Q# N/ n9 Y; O. e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。) ~% T3 b: X( G! Y, r, [8 |
- S' p0 R. T( ]' 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。 2 v# G3 E4 a3 D, z % @; c0 {7 |7 n% _) j$ M" X& s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。. H8 J7 A- q$ y: x5 h
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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。 ; O2 y! E- `; b) w5 B# J* t 4 W5 |: [. {2 x5 {' k- e: o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。- |) \6 C f( \$ n# \7 P
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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。 % d$ D' |& [. W8 T! B* ^) j+ o+ u
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”。 / F' G$ B+ B. q& @/ o0 p6 H9 T( i9 O
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。”% {% |5 g& ~& o, \! 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。 + `! {1 v( u: {2 U x' I& C8 M 3 c1 ^9 K+ j8 s; }0 W3 _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。 J& b) \/ f: w2 \
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % v/ E0 h" D# I) t3 R3 k
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 p2 a, G" b+ ]4 C 3 [# F1 H3 C! Y+ T, [' i1 l8 i( H: \9 |6 J" K
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 c; q1 @* S/ d
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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.8 |* S- f1 ~; |- f" \% B7 \& r
! z8 u4 M, y* ]9 @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.: h7 u9 [9 w+ Y. u) G; h
6 m0 @3 B# F3 TComing 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. - B" g' K4 e" B/ c4 }- P$ \+ Y" 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.0 G2 }7 F- U4 l1 O) j; `
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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.2 N7 M: ~' g% @; k+ }
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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.” s: G( D3 D$ 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./ f; p! L) M6 n8 C' y# I- X3 L% P
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