2007年6月27日 星期三 1 ?6 C s f v; p ' c1 n+ X: e% z' }& H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 l6 q; [) l8 `! m' O2 k- @0 F
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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。- e2 a# o5 a5 j4 l
: [- F( J) t W: w) a6 C. ]. g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。 L, ]% r" E2 o
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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。! o' e3 D2 C( i& V/ z' t/ H, ]0 f
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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。 8 G. k$ D6 s2 f% @ 6 {0 }! N" u5 Y p u4 M5 g4 j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。 : j4 q/ u* u$ Z! c& B7 i $ ?# a7 n' f6 ^5 R2 O( \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 u2 A5 I4 y7 ?# L; D7 c+ ~2 e- ^* i
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。”" F& ?5 ^0 d( D8 I0 f
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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。6 ~/ D' K; s$ h& O, |7 g9 P
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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。/ ]! ]* P! M4 N( w2 x) v) ]7 S0 f
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# ]! n$ \9 _7 P' KBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai M9 f/ q: S" Y4 aWednesday, June 27, 2007 , A9 G A( m6 |9 Z% t' ~% G) R0 O+ j5 z 4 J- q/ W4 W& Z3 [0 r3 P) V. c O% u6 h' ?$ s y9 R; t
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION! c' B3 ]5 o* ^ T u# [& W
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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. ! i% @. J: z7 [7 E# \( H" J8 [* L0 B; y6 V8 Z5 U% r6 r
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. 1 P; G9 k4 N' C, ?+ X+ J3 N6 D4 f; B) E" J! G, v2 g4 d+ X" ^
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. , z+ }3 [6 p) I! s/ T; e' u5 A, _, ?; z) m }5 Q
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./ ~8 W& r, j* Q" S) f' c/ F/ R: X
, h. ^9 m( b5 Z9 v8 E0 |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.# C$ P/ f9 {, u, T# N/ z
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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. ) y' f# y' D2 s3 t' s4 H" q0 o+ B1 p " ~$ D2 v2 b5 x- mThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.& O' L8 y9 ^6 X8 F, f. Y
' p* z% q6 J9 ` D6 tAn 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.”* K% V5 @/ F, H
C' b' O- M6 K0 U( O, r( p# `. ^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. : O- k& g3 ~! z! X/ m, d' ^& n; g; j: Z5 t7 A# j5 `8 F
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." r* l8 S5 X4 s2 o5 E
