2007年6月27日 星期三 ) ^/ I8 H; A" ~4 n2 ~ 1 L) U% o9 n( c# c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。 ! G8 t/ w, N e 9 ^; B) F6 X8 |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$ l c% h* s9 y" a6 ~6 L" U4 o
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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。 4 E4 R ?6 T4 m+ `% @0 Y : f/ a' h; B; o& u0 F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。6 Y3 a1 b0 u/ J
) X0 ?; Z/ v' i- w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。- ~ k# A7 B8 t) G2 l! ]' k
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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。9 I& }7 [7 n' l2 z( L2 M9 p4 M" b8 Y
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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 n$ { G/ h! f 6 }: e: l! p8 B, @. B3 @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。” 5 m1 X, e. z* `, O9 [2 U & a& J# H0 v2 Q3 S' L8 u/ _) k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。 ! a q8 @0 b( s s8 Z; ]- ]- J4 v* n( k8 i8 H) A7 Z
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。 3 L7 t! }# v& C: n0 C! o P' z7 y$ |# U* e, C% k% ]* |% S
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 O" ~1 m# U- I, I0 M$ X% w/ D
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 W+ P9 B* F; U9 e. F1 p6 e% p5 n$ k% R* k9 x
' D0 |" K( z2 j) {6 o6 m# P mBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 V& y9 S6 |/ b3 q
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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." {- d6 D3 t# s
1 a& Q4 n! e( x! pGovernment 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.' p& a; `+ ^2 ~* o( g3 Z" q
3 P3 f8 \, W4 P; A) I" l$ WComing 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. 5 _8 J; j$ p% P, N) v3 G$ o2 u7 P; ^ }
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. # B' h3 d# ]' T; m0 E: A U" x1 J/ X+ a
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. * i3 y% [% J" ^" J% Z. l ! \1 ?* Z( {5 K& BThe 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. ; q( G, {8 }, i& d 9 I5 w. i. z& { tThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . c9 L2 }+ |" p5 K7 N0 o , X: r, [7 Y P, LAn 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.”7 }1 M+ p3 o( Z1 Z
9 G, D0 b+ m! |( c0 s3 ]. yThe 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. + h% N1 k# O+ Z' \7 B) u E9 p( G $ R* z5 y$ G6 E( p! cThe 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.- G4 J9 p+ j" i3 C/ G% \. p5 z
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