* Z8 S3 x( Z9 Y! q6 Q* W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% h3 n8 p5 U2 n, q, l) z& W0 M* D
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。3 G* m8 ?7 X& C+ X3 _- u5 O$ I
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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。7 |) S8 l( t# P1 x- D. e) H( Y
" L2 x; r. V0 ~8 d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。 ; K8 H, b; [/ |3 ^+ {1 f V$ ?3 z' G$ f" }- t0 `
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。) l. Y! a# ?* { `' L
8 \" O. i5 W7 S0 |; q6 i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”。 - k m+ Q m7 Q( `+ ^8 p8 t9 ]0 T( g
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 b3 V7 g3 @! R4 d4 r
! z p/ s C6 B( K/ s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。4 M8 r- N$ @6 w) J: Z) Z8 S) 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。8 t- f* ^/ Q' e4 k/ U6 O: t
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 N8 N3 X7 D: ?2 l1 TWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 ~& N: I {" h6 m) w( t5 M0 ~: Y0 X) H8 z6 d( |
' b( Q7 J) |# LBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) R G$ Z: y7 }+ ? O7 n4 i. W ~( A( |9 Z3 k' B% N1 F" VChina 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. - \+ p4 {+ t. ~( J( L" \* `, @ y0 h; w, Q& E9 S" t$ j
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. , x Y, n+ c" R8 q4 y/ H0 a2 |0 m U% F7 X( Y1 b, | d- iComing 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 ]) a/ G: C0 P
) }! e _$ w! Y+ K$ C$ iThe 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) ]$ ]0 f4 G( [# v. Z
6 L0 b3 B0 [: b7 O# P b; @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. ! W* {, x# g" o# S$ P) L% P8 z8 ?) q( I# k) x- |6 Z6 \
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% ]8 p- t4 }/ ?' V. b" Q
[" u* R5 `6 i" {) d; X* EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " `2 X6 Y9 J* @9 i$ t) V3 Q1 d( E2 T+ s. c8 m! D4 L$ Z2 G2 l% S
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.”" r B. t6 t$ J
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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. 0 l1 x+ C: m2 a& j4 E. P9 u* M' O G
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. , o) v% |1 h2 j+ u1 S; U! M: |- |5 z' ~$ a
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