2007年6月27日 星期三 - p* g6 L8 x" M7 g3 p# z& D" O , D f1 }0 s& d3 }. A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。) o7 v) p/ T c& U' `' q0 O
+ k* x0 F7 c" a+ a! y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。7 l: I" `+ k0 X6 X9 |- L( G" n
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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。) G/ v* G7 c" i, w. E
- A0 @6 c! F0 g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。! r. `; b" @4 X: ~# P
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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。, L7 C# ?* C0 n; z' n
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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。' L0 _+ p5 z& e
3 V3 [5 r& d z; J! @7 ^. Z* 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”。 8 S7 ~( b6 f2 ]1 j' P' {) P: E: s; e7 Q! u6 R4 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。” 9 X" k5 b4 J) y2 m7 l' u! X3 ` `2 }
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 L& c7 ?# q$ {8 \( e _1 ?. b
0 K3 P: C: a$ ~7 r% J2 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。 5 p% @- k; z: K $ w1 P& @0 X5 f 8 ~8 }+ f: |; Z- g" Q: c" `By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) A4 M. P$ d$ K7 OWednesday, June 27, 2007 * d0 E5 r: x* [+ b3 x5 e0 m! G ) a; x/ u% d Z4 H: z& c+ o 9 o h, s6 m7 j+ n1 [BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 E5 I: ?$ J2 ^6 ~" H- v- A2 X0 A. {& O: m: W& n: Z
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. # X. p5 \* W! \: g: q2 g) @+ ]% C4 r5 q. z/ f
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.% v0 E- `, g) v) E7 z/ u3 u
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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. + `5 ~3 C3 `& L+ A7 h8 X2 V: d, T' r# M' {/ k- G9 S
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.6 F+ N# n! }& _, S/ k) ?4 [4 T
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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.1 l+ X7 n) o, g- @7 G8 {, F- Y
; _) \3 @3 \7 e% S" J) G. ~* hThe 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. \7 Q6 d+ E, o- h* @ n
) i# U( ]+ V; R; Z% iThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: ?; m/ [ [; _6 @0 F& |) V/ s5 Y
8 A' s% l% A' M, a2 {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.” ! D( F- c; c6 ^3 \2 P1 J# w 0 D" Q$ X5 q, t, e: OThe 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.1 a O+ U( h3 {: p& 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.: M) U, v7 c# R3 Y$ i4 |- o
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