2007年6月27日 星期三 ! `3 U# u, ]% T& e2 H: V5 ^, C : W# a9 b/ V: Z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。 ; @+ {' f) ]1 O; ~# x5 T8 Q2 Y. |' L1 E W7 O* t7 p, e
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。) M V0 |' y5 y4 I* f
0 R5 r C3 M. F' q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。 0 u, o4 M( |% J1 H6 { * `+ }4 d2 s, [" d, x% Q! O; p4 `6 }; Q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。 ; M1 A8 q7 K) i- w; M 7 q, i7 A5 o+ K; Z! e. i# g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。 * N/ o1 S8 e8 t( c $ J9 H4 P i+ A. d: W2 @$ U+ c# D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。 ! K; j7 k+ y7 }* Q; B& N* [, L6 m# r ! e' H q7 j' g% ~" P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”。: g/ Z" }' O: N" t, b5 d7 M2 b- v6 F7 z$ ~
3 {( C& B8 Q6 z3 F% L: W2 z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。” ( d- X5 ^& N# ~+ `0 @6 r% Y' h5 T* N
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。, \. }5 Q* x) m$ r8 J% ]+ Q |0 \
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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。 + J; X' c% A; x l7 g T ; {6 i2 f) H" ]7 s) y3 D9 n, y ' U" l4 a' K# ?+ B, GBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : L/ d$ M7 |- B7 z# y0 `: Y; _
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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. 2 b; s1 Q0 _6 B6 X7 J7 J 1 g: c5 p, N% Z 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. 4 I3 I, `, i5 q$ r# r; y. r" d# x; q, }- N/ N
Coming 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. 0 R# ^9 h; p9 P4 A: H6 E& l& F r6 K& m j% s1 z: K
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. C& z- }% ^7 S7 j# n1 O$ k5 m/ q }! a$ |. M
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.. G" O- @- B1 s0 x" B4 \8 _) ^
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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.# K1 h% A6 X! s9 e( G" l+ O- `5 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”. m3 d+ n z/ v+ t5 H) y" ~, f - k* f) G2 w( qAn 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.”3 O0 |1 Z! e5 J; Z+ f9 T! e$ g0 }1 {
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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., [7 g1 R6 g2 _# r: B& s3 @* h( ^7 d
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