2007年6月27日 星期三 # R4 X' r# A, s" H$ Z # _2 I, d: v; E: B) 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。 $ i0 s# c; H7 q* m2 A( O/ m8 V6 I! k
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。( Q; ~7 Y D [# ^' K
4 h' P. x" n8 c6 o- D/ y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。 $ ^1 t6 j3 c0 [4 A0 R l) a' Y$ W. d " L/ b0 x* x0 A# W' R
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。5 N2 j$ J$ t, {2 \
% G& m) G% P9 H5 M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。 2 J) L! _# t' l$ q0 M# b8 d. w2 a5 l! N, l' Q9 X1 N
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$ c$ o& Y6 [
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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 }/ F7 q- f- i- @+ ]
& u; v/ I2 @& C( K7 u, ]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' k; ?0 F* W; G ( x" c" W. O% A7 ]) E5 T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。 . E+ i" U7 b- H1 s% K# ~/ p ' q6 ^( Q; q5 [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。* ^& Y& u6 ~, ^0 G, P, N
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& G5 D$ z& m, j; W6 n7 FBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * g6 m# @ }( V) |0 p0 \# k' F' C5 C" J( G- d# r% I2 `& \
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.% ], ]3 z' R: q- {& I
3 p \% c# ~5 S2 ^, C' K+ Z# g/ HGovernment 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. / t7 X' v7 o* |' c. _9 e0 \& V . i% M, O/ j7 u: qComing 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 R9 W; W1 W3 K- p0 X: p - o2 E* D+ l" F" n* [* QThe 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.* v( l5 b a& F
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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., d6 [$ t7 K- z
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / |+ `4 r: }* j3 F! i* C0 V& Z2 B! f: S0 K2 B, M; [
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.” ; [% E7 C6 ], O: [( U# i/ h9 E9 P * Y: f: y5 L" R% L6 `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. . S1 f: }* f6 d9 ` % W- Q* L a9 b% S1 uThe 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. ' h( [7 H# ]4 z3 T* N! G) Z: P- b: {. R& s8 ~) g% T' s
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