2007年6月27日 星期三 $ I# ]- ] l4 }6 E ) U% g$ f7 E, X" 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。 + x3 O, Z$ Z0 h/ |; f! R ; h1 e9 F' H/ j2 x% j! H* f% N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。 6 T5 e! G4 ~- T8 g ! L5 `7 s6 O3 R4 x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。 - y& f& j$ e, v: E6 \$ s% |0 V! S ! Q# X" D5 g j% @
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。: e7 q' I) |1 Z$ h
8 i) j# N4 V \) r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。 9 ~! y3 o( {, L' k/ M7 `( y( @! i l j2 \5 l) W+ C
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。$ a" m+ y" k! K' G: r1 k
1 S+ X3 ^4 W0 A# W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”。 2 P5 ?% G! ?9 U: V" L. f2 a, N- ]9 y% P& P# [# a: t: X
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。”4 w% J; A* H* V
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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。 # s" x. p5 r- d6 v ~+ E6 H0 A3 w2 W* x5 U S 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。 " J' E$ J- O0 f0 K6 f 6 I+ y2 c y9 i7 C3 {8 i / q0 l M5 k+ _+ \" I& q6 lBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! ]: p; A( k' F9 C. t: i! M- E
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ L. B4 x; i; v1 M' d7 G
8 ]3 o) A0 e) `$ 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.& I- p& T- n0 Z' c L
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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. : b5 c1 F% s! w9 d' F* A0 A0 }! @' W, u& m `$ _
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. L8 q5 `' J7 c6 ?9 T! W8 M" P& t7 Z# d9 w$ C/ X
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. , C( I6 F% z6 S6 W : x8 W. ^$ I; V, Y/ R/ f5 Y+ G2 iChina'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: V9 D5 o; L* A( |; w
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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. # w! U' c. J) e' ^4 u+ M w / a$ l; W# v: YThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) k& n4 {2 v2 r9 B" Q' [- c6 H# g3 F- l' t
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.”! z |& {) J+ m8 t5 N; I# D
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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. # P0 ]3 Z6 L/ K: v h3 a& w: c( d, C
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.' W/ m P, w# a" Q7 T2 h
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