2007年6月27日 星期三 5 h; ~1 ?. Z$ ?) Q: ~! Q% O/ p 2 d. P% h# \& [+ E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。, d3 h. k, V" q0 C0 P9 n
; O J- m+ d& L7 J, M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。 0 {5 ]7 L4 ~3 n. z* F) l e2 S5 z! D5 A% M
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。 ' ^1 ~3 T! J* v v! X$ w - ]; d. E8 K0 w6 K. S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。/ M( g( E E3 E9 T" ~" P/ Z
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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。 ' G. h* D8 \! p3 c/ b4 I4 o5 T l: Y
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" C$ O% q! U1 N* i6 P, ?+ q & s- [+ |; U7 C; Z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”。 9 Y" O- _0 V0 ?/ `9 ?/ j5 Y! P $ h( _( ~8 C0 [+ w+ c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。”+ R' F: e. r" c) |* _' c9 d
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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 g8 j m6 K& B3 P7 P$ S) O( |8 w: D9 B0 m. ]) B
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。 - \) R, T e' `# j0 P9 k0 l; ~ " r; [' C) z9 ~/ l! }$ m9 a3 A0 f- z7 ]" r5 [9 Z( u' j0 t' j
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 G! y, t( A% o2 w5 P" M
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION " a7 f. X0 _: G ! z. U. b( w; s1 M; `9 qChina 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. ) h! H3 E* l$ P2 [; v : e o9 b; b6 Q* z) GGovernment 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. 7 X$ [1 |7 t$ p6 P5 h: ]( C6 d T. n2 g& ?" P' }: Z% p5 aComing 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.1 X1 H" X& B: h) `% x1 n2 m. L
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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 N- w7 \! s6 P- l1 J " P! j/ {5 D- Q! q9 `/ h. NChina'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. ) w6 e+ F9 D, ~7 m& m% x" w* [% W8 w8 @7 Q M5 v
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. ' u: p: ~% F% @% D6 P8 z" |8 [' O
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. # J6 E! S$ X# U3 ]1 ?2 I) Z- n$ {# G
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.”" n3 x8 E6 B$ j. a+ q
+ f2 w9 d* M$ o$ F! U3 D' A) r" n7 L' ]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.! y2 |, v3 k) u
! v+ I6 \ R3 _% N5 h" Z5 p5 ^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., O9 n$ g* d# A2 J' T5 I' ^
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