2007年6月27日 星期三 9 Y( n. G/ {7 a) \; j 4 n) z+ L+ @( O$ G4 x I# B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。 . g0 k9 T" x' Q7 H# ]3 e% \6 q1 u, `# X5 E, b
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。& i0 I% d+ p; |
% L1 q. @* w4 r2 v( N5 ?" b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。$ J& _$ Z. W0 Q6 e w1 X* X
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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。% G: y4 W. M7 [0 ^3 e. m3 j. D1 _0 k
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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。3 K, e, t( u! Z
8 V3 b5 B+ C: I6 y E' z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。2 `# A2 V( e3 u5 Z8 [; [4 @
. {. d1 A ]% I( r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”。 3 ] e H V; L$ O4 ^" b. ] ; G% a7 E, U0 s) M5 ?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。” z0 H$ y: T; e, n' l9 Y! z/ n' |/ O4 f7 c/ t, D& C ?2 z
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。 / J# G4 \; d$ ]/ R3 y # P b2 G5 R0 a) L" P4 L; p M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。 - V: K" Z' O( Y" n$ ]3 Q3 {9 O/ w5 b
( Y& V& {# m4 z, r/ c6 {- WBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & q& X- X' ~' h p$ GWednesday, June 27, 2007 6 `! H( P9 U; d2 t" H; B
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 N" q# s/ M4 o) s7 @' y+ z X# [+ q; d
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. 6 Z( V3 Q3 A' F8 `( t0 j9 a6 o3 E" K: ] 9 J3 |7 c k9 T9 t9 QGovernment 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.( @ W7 M5 W4 X" k& K$ j. f
, O. A, W6 }% r/ m% H/ F! O3 }/ D7 gComing 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. : x J4 M: f# V) L, I8 l9 s( B$ n, Y0 C
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.3 f- g, p7 i2 y& v0 D/ K
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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.6 u7 e+ _) p0 i M# `7 N7 v" G
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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., g/ \1 C% c6 {- w% s
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ g) G& m% h& V+ ]# H( W4 ]5 K
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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.” * ^8 M w( h/ |+ j4 P5 | [5 A! m/ i
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. ( x1 \4 d( K6 K3 A# v% E4 Y( \+ @" v% L" W/ B! \& z3 h& g) k
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.: I- U3 c; _2 C4 b4 t% h* _# l
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