2007年6月27日 星期三 5 Q8 `9 m& _( D, y& D- K+ M . p5 L5 o: z5 h' F+ `% y$ U5 m. i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。 ) N$ b3 r- U/ M9 U% K) O3 _ . S$ q7 i( s3 [8 T* H5 |3 p0 x# I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。 : @5 U9 x4 s" F; O4 d* e% d" z$ I # i' q: y! G/ P+ u3 X3 E. n [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 \. G5 j, T
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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。 8 H) q& B* k+ {. x6 D- I s4 y" J( ]8 w , K+ l; a: H& K+ i2 F, D& U. V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。* p8 S7 C" l/ l+ A
" {( h3 L( _: j: m/ R8 [3 M, u3 ]# n6 w0 q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。 $ {3 O" U) d% R# c7 R& ]# r0 g6 v: h8 b2 N) i0 W5 Y- }
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”。 ' Y: G5 g1 _, a, L) `/ a l+ P % I3 A; d+ W3 S2 O: S. i; t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。” 0 q$ Q& M3 U( x8 F4 u, ] `. z3 Q' P8 C7 E3 g; n! e
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。% J5 \. W0 B* J! J
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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。 3 b2 E( B, k8 l, H+ w0 A3 \9 f 2 j/ p2 |9 R* Z# c3 c8 @) Y1 _) ]% t, F 8 T1 F" i# u) c8 T% E" uBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & i2 v6 y V2 A. \: B5 S; |
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 W+ @' Q i% k: T n# C' H
9 h9 |; k5 E2 P( c2 i6 e1 u& nChina 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. : W7 g7 D& V" D5 m f1 X8 |2 B0 i7 T
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.; r& S+ x) H: i3 Q3 }4 N: J/ c
9 { r! ^4 Q* T4 ]% jComing 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. 3 v7 a) Z$ z( F9 _( l) {2 Z* r G% p6 p6 ]$ v! g) Z7 R3 ?
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. ! @0 b' A3 i- M6 w$ i+ r7 ? w2 M! P+ _7 |2 l$ F
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. ; X1 ~3 R7 z9 E* b+ } ! W: w8 h! M9 wThe 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. , u- Y7 {% T& |% y, \/ D / _& T" n I$ H( M: hThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; k1 L0 h0 M: V4 Q
# u t! y; E: B9 C+ l# @- Y( P9 P0 NAn 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 e$ W* E% s T% {
% `+ c# c' k% \* C* y: w$ `% xThe 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. . b& k: w; E1 v- s+ O0 w: {! r4 H# a! w% C( }6 M( c, F5 E
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.6 {& J& U2 i5 X" j8 t5 Y& C
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