2007年6月27日 星期三 2 G6 z+ A0 B* W$ F 6 K$ s, @3 L) f1 I4 D% m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。 % s8 g/ m2 A, z, T0 v8 l . r3 V5 f* t) K: 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。 0 S# O" ~' z8 _: r' o. p8 w- \, e7 l* a! K% {
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。 9 t, }- A2 E9 r3 V, L, f l' J # W+ l8 `& Y3 b' ?6 i( E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。7 v1 w& R Z0 m# h
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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。; E: L3 G- [2 e5 {6 J
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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。 - S% x2 t* s+ C/ t R: H 7 `4 ?3 P, c/ k; r- i4 ^- K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”。 5 K+ o. O, ]5 ]. M R9 z0 A/ ?/ z: M% 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。” - a8 Z, [8 r; F* o7 q ( O! A2 p& E3 O2 ]4 H, Y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。 ' k% _9 q, J* y4 } ( m1 Z" U3 p9 D {9 r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。6 x; W* b' d" r" h) ]" c& A; i
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( v8 @: w3 |. {" f' zBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai @+ U0 t! e3 {8 x) L x
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ( R3 z/ p6 P9 L h0 [7 b) T5 t# s r7 S0 T( Q' ^( Y
/ i* s- {& ~: @BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; @8 Q+ d% w$ j: D. C9 b3 X* h4 w% H0 Z3 @1 j' G8 s9 s8 Y
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. 7 w1 W# j Y+ M+ I, e0 r% z : N3 J8 ~% W0 U2 z" X2 f: bGovernment 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. * X% \; u+ Z: w: o6 @& `/ M. Z* @, Q
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. & |$ O3 N5 ]% j# K" B) { ! t! ^, T2 h( S( `- z9 |, OThe 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.# H, z2 o9 N$ m) p8 s |
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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.3 g. n# G& P" O- c8 V$ p$ d8 r
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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.3 |% d& _: e6 B
4 S. d- j' S6 \# g# m% j# |The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”., Y. s; Q) r3 S% T" J7 X3 J( y, [
* @: m$ @. S/ a1 D zAn 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.”: \6 a6 B6 j: k( `# b9 _
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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.2 H) y! h* N, s% n4 j
, C8 t" |' W9 m8 H# xThe 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.8 \) q" K3 z8 g, E) \
