2007年6月27日 星期三 5 |9 I, a) B" J; D. | + k4 s F1 L; ^2 B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。0 L, j1 r3 p4 A' f s$ y* d
% ]3 K& H& g$ N9 m, B2 i$ f. v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。9 ]3 a0 o$ {& o( t8 i
" L& j) [1 B- ^# A- b& P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。( E% F4 Q) k' \, [
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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。 ) Z! D$ @" S) O: _) t 8 S( D0 {* c5 y! h5 j2 B7 V+ W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。" Y* J/ {) E3 j( Z
6 r1 h ?" }* m7 n+ u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。 - u- z. B* g3 ]4 }0 v) M: V+ m% c4 z/ X
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”。 : }6 K& R+ G; R* H! u- x1 Y2 N " I! m% I @6 q" ^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' l4 V% b4 M, k" [2 b
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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。: S* r$ s, O* N1 ~/ |" o4 k
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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。 4 ]) ]; O# q5 W" s( E- P( O ~) R4 b a( I9 Z3 _
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 D$ m/ n4 o t: B5 EWednesday, June 27, 2007 6 w8 x5 t' P. i4 f2 {; B
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION - ` K0 x3 m6 Y9 q+ c D - ^0 H! H. r7 OChina 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. ' \% G9 R1 c: e) k) j. {. W5 P! ?
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. 6 O; Y. E) N0 k2 Z4 V- p# ^: h9 s. d, 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. ) T- B) C& Y2 @ + a, Y+ l* d9 h: x2 \- Z# 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. ( A( J- N! N: H+ [$ m3 `9 J. o% p; A8 w
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.! E k C' b% X3 [5 O" m1 y
9 l1 a* s, b W0 s! [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. 6 D3 \. {! E P- w' }1 | $ [' ?; @1 s/ ZThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.5 h7 i o) L I$ R8 j) y! x+ T) Z/ ]
6 m/ L; n) e, H0 v2 CAn 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.” : a8 {1 P% B- q& v* F; l& c8 i* ^" R0 h1 w, a9 K
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.- d$ `4 ]1 X8 }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. : s, e6 P8 z6 e8 @2 l( p( r* D7 E: P4 k9 a5 H D& n9 d
8 I4 D% G0 W, `6 q; U' N 4 p( J) v$ B& U3 ~% U9 jFinancial Times
