2007年6月27日 星期三 & H# U! u6 K7 e6 n Q3 u & P. u/ O- \: V& P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。- d- {5 ?6 b6 p3 @" q
! n0 f! m! ?+ k" Y$ V: y. 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。6 b6 J o# E% I' P1 c
0 {: l& ]5 u+ R- T4 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。 6 E j7 e3 ?2 l2 J3 C% q- O ! l% p' }( F, e& 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。 0 w; }0 S E# { 6 \8 F8 }/ H+ r5 q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。 7 h1 h+ G$ a, n' j1 ~2 E9 L, i( x4 Y) k5 d0 T( X: K1 F. Z. E2 B1 l
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。 7 G3 F6 r% i6 u4 a2 r 0 _ H. x- w1 g1 `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”。 : b9 [4 X7 d# g" M5 |- c$ }: C0 o4 b6 C) b, ^
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 F4 f) P: y, H
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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。 9 a4 q) u4 u' |# O6 |' S( _- V% Q8 Y1 V* b% ]0 m* M
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。- K2 H/ L( D/ I: J9 p2 i2 `. J
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+ \+ ]1 \+ d/ t% G4 y* ~% oBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 d& ]. |& K1 z. t2 e2 tWednesday, June 27, 2007 1 ?( g" P( C3 G7 O2 f5 b8 `
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION) j* Z! l& w* O q
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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.# }. f! M6 c' Z# I: m% }' w
% u ^6 ~& p9 M- b( XGovernment 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.! @, W0 }% j4 k+ ^+ v
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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.; s, C, J9 p7 |0 v( Q
! _& L( z0 v7 WThe 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.+ L7 R% B; g' i0 P
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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. 9 w! O* [9 y5 b+ v8 t3 v: p* c8 q. B- C; Q
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. 1 S5 x$ q7 l' @$ @' s; ?. _9 `8 y/ H9 G% S8 |* {, h
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 9 x1 \6 q% E! X6 s( O( J' |0 v8 p" y5 @) A& 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.”* c) U {% c6 z2 I% i# \
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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. 9 T3 x( A$ M. J$ m% m* G3 g' ]; \% A) I" ^' V J6 i$ v6 r, d% s
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., j0 X' N6 u6 T$ J
