2007年6月27日 星期三 ; u3 n% Z h( k7 C9 m& N # X6 \6 }4 \5 f$ T& n/ |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。4 ]2 Y5 }* T; A" d0 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。 i8 Z& M0 V6 m% R, I( o4 }
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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。 2 g4 P Z. Q# i2 s% ] ( Y' b" }( B& r$ s. T7 R1 B: Z0 L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。 % s) U$ j6 y; D G$ B7 R6 l: Y# ^. a' k. G4 d
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。# ?& `+ N+ k: d1 L6 r: E+ Z
& X( P) v, x3 @1 t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。. u. X: ]$ c" T. x2 ~3 L' }; ?
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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”。 1 i K6 s: U! c! x) X6 m( c, d I) ?- F. ?/ E6 r* L
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( ?; A. q. r3 ]- o$ I
) i$ n. z) X! ~5 ~# K, v- @# w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。 , V% |4 E3 I4 h$ q: |. }% J% ]7 v5 }6 r) V
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。 ; c: t$ G3 C9 L5 l. S- W) w 6 t+ u$ C2 C0 F3 S4 Y6 M$ T . ?; X( d7 D% f: KBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 _% w h8 G' ^: x7 B6 `( I ?Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2 W4 ^7 ?/ [+ H . l2 u- i6 U; b$ L* z+ p& r- i) M$ w8 z& [! Y! w1 d: I
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 ~$ h* I& k( X7 L# D! B8 X- |* K" S" N$ k& C
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. , m' |% n# K& P6 V( F# K) e# d- d7 _; _/ X% ]
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.5 ~; W! K% p' b' N$ K% K
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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. f! |9 c8 O$ b- p r. Y( b- q% y6 G
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. # ]& U1 I8 R! ~, ]# P$ z4 r+ U- B. I# J6 U9 V7 \+ k9 ]
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. V! a/ U# M9 T; A
5 O- L I8 \% P0 I& D( J4 |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.. [5 r' ~( P2 y6 X$ Q2 X
0 d3 \+ m- N( E) |4 K3 t8 QThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & V# Z- Q! {' f6 M/ Z" a# D/ H6 L% m6 A' Z1 F, P X
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 B8 y- ?' e" p; e% s5 s8 z
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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. & |3 |" p4 ?4 ^, P/ c1 ^0 E ! ~, {- W2 c5 }6 T ~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.! q( x% E3 `* u
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