2007年6月27日 星期三 1 x: W- z/ s- c3 n+ o d 9 J; q: a% m% m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。 ) U/ L4 S1 o) i2 @2 h- B+ E: o+ r! T9 C s# X% p* _
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。 , G9 m7 `" |5 z z/ H+ Y! E( n 5 I' @% N: u( q; 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。 9 b3 F/ j3 _* _+ @: S- A 2 E& @! x3 V( d
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。" g2 J. d3 q! y& U2 h4 x
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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。- E3 R/ Q" ~) }, [5 b7 @6 Y. Y
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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。9 V4 H; q* i& n; X
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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”。; A x4 X, I0 }1 U* Z
' u# n3 c4 s. s7 u! k# ?9 v+ F* O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。” 3 S e: v) i/ l4 f; I: r$ D6 |- y& Z1 y% ^
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。 : p* P7 Q" @9 Q4 F7 z& V" B+ R+ r" s% b, N; y" ]
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。 * V- s8 g% X! b + N1 I. \, q' D/ p- T4 O6 A) M : k9 `9 L5 a5 g. D$ Z4 { }3 yBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( H1 z! v3 o; I8 U& v- i
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+ Y2 w2 s2 j" e- L. V) X& \2 b9 I' v - s7 z& w. v/ D8 s+ }0 U+ oBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 T, ~/ B8 M; \! X7 }7 l
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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.; ?' [ Q# ^* v/ V% N
; b+ \: |& s+ i8 A- h5 L4 l5 iGovernment 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. `- ^, M" c8 n! h4 @$ ~ & O8 ?/ j/ V/ E/ R& J# rComing 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. + ]$ O( m2 Z ~- Z5 C( M t, s , D# Z. H& l2 j2 n$ v3 v4 VThe 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.: Q1 s- H- w x$ X0 I0 w* ?( W
% c$ u8 u: l/ gChina'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/ X: Y5 V0 _& E9 `& D& K7 y4 z8 W
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. : o) v, g8 |, ^0 v- L$ O; U8 |& z/ X0 x. W7 P) {
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - D6 k* c9 g, R1 _& ?9 X0 ]# k, p2 T" X7 U0 E# P
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.”5 k- k; ~ u3 g/ l
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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.& ^' H1 T& {' m6 X! P1 R9 e
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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. ; J4 \0 {9 J, ?( W/ E' ]7 g. A4 U" `8 q) P, _
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