/ U+ w7 O8 G% L/ m. C, ?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。 ! r5 Y, L; T7 L% q/ f; J' t; v# ]% V* ?, }8 j9 v' d
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 k% }3 ~) k* u, k6 u1 d
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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。4 K: X+ a. u2 J0 _9 ]
" E" p0 J$ R; W% V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。 0 w" d: b, D d' Z6 S3 ]) Y+ h4 p9 f7 d: D& a
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。8 b* }) ~( y5 B" S4 _( b
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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。- I8 @- `* z$ _- B9 ?* N
2 C3 b+ b0 e7 t+ U6 t+ b, e9 H+ V% k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”。 3 T: ?! y0 v: ]/ ]- T 5 y5 M' ?. M* {4 z/ i$ s# i8 l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。” 1 g2 S* v. Z3 g6 ^ / ~, M3 }' p9 F. }' K' p8 E5 I7 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。 ) J- Y( d$ k ~1 [! { / N0 u. e7 e$ G0 {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。 ' q1 v$ A$ R8 n' ^3 i) j " C" V$ C0 s6 b8 i# M; M6 l * r; W1 D$ t0 I! d& TBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 K! y! |8 y" b5 a: }' s2 f0 oWednesday, June 27, 2007 2 W- F1 f. Y# h1 S
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION( L. B$ N, a; z: ^. r& @! v8 k
, r& e4 ]5 _( K: O8 Q/ h& t8 @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. 4 j& L" z7 |* U& t' ~6 G' H " C4 n K( G" vGovernment 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.$ g. v# P1 A0 b( T7 b) S
! K/ q: z& V. A2 j6 SComing 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! s- m" Y. r7 j0 } A
2 ~* x( e4 i$ H& U1 JThe 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. r) D5 p$ Z6 _* l. V
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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. ) q( T% a7 ^% I* {, ?) b$ f) o . f0 _ i, F9 dThe 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. + j* Y4 v% ?) P. P ; r0 O. m! W8 o4 W" h' yThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( X0 ?( p- x. X6 S ^+ n4 R1 N. y7 @/ I0 c) S! T( P2 p7 F" l
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.” 1 A# }% v9 {) j# E* d" I F % G0 E1 G! T- y$ D+ `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.: I4 H0 T7 K: f
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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. 2 X% Y: C% q9 T ] " S& X1 ^5 `& T) x* l4 G ( u' V7 X% Q* M W: x6 c) O6 N ( N9 B7 y- ^3 f/ J' T( |2 \Financial Times
