2007年6月27日 星期三 + f# i0 }0 ?7 c 6 [+ n3 G7 D$ G7 \' C: 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。0 L; l0 K$ y. F9 B
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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。; Z3 d9 s4 i( A: x0 f' n
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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。 5 Y* W) Q- A. r% u - k2 ^" L6 f' O& |* G2 ~" x% O
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。: t4 z- M% P3 F8 q
( p) [9 c: L2 R$ b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。 : ^& C' e9 t4 B2 c. i2 B1 y& E: N7 z/ G6 t. s; x( l5 i
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$ l0 I! g" \) Z. t E N# [ # {$ X% t( V* B; T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 ^1 m8 t) \9 e/ W, G7 d
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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。”2 \+ i- V c) A, C
?( o3 W4 J9 _- B; O: W6 X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。+ Q, ~8 Q7 ?+ G0 P$ P! F
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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。4 l9 Y2 ^5 ?7 R. r, K
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # P3 q; ?7 d$ P: d: e' u- r) D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" r+ _/ o. y5 p1 L
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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.& [5 v: F2 u3 u7 q0 _( W/ w2 a
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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.+ y+ @9 u) L* ? F
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7 q) f0 p. b. 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.4 s; q: S% s) f8 Z! Z# g/ I
! F, V, @! B9 s, J. I) c; e: I1 zChina'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.: d. N9 p1 t: ^) y/ K5 R0 c7 o
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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.* q( [) C6 T+ b4 u8 D( {" v9 f' X
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; p6 X: u0 v A2 q0 `% V
/ \, w- u& q2 Y9 n1 hAn 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.” # Q0 s8 `$ y( ?0 {% v7 k 2 \( H$ `) l2 B: `0 E2 z5 zThe 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.# V& A' ~- ?5 @# ~& [3 P# b
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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. ( W: b# u7 ]. Q* M, ]$ d# s - M: o7 U4 e6 x4 l) y, O4 T$ P) l/ }# B
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