2007年6月27日 星期三 ( ^- } s2 y# Y 1 ? n5 E3 @0 t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。 ( a6 ]" s7 q4 Z( C# b+ P2 X & p# q$ r+ Q- F' |1 O( f7 E8 Q" i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。 3 T& E. z& s/ C$ C( v0 _2 \3 c" L$ O$ }7 M9 d% y
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。; V d, l. }, b' g0 j" o
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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。 0 r, [5 w \' P, J% ]$ g- s2 m( ^/ _( v# J
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。 1 m: m( X% x5 _/ x8 B" D! x" H6 \; c- J, M
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。 . T8 p2 P# l8 m ' s# V7 W$ ]- m n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”。. S; s/ F+ T+ y* f L
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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 H3 c- H6 ~4 b + m4 O3 c* R$ f) q5 `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。 : i7 d. A3 F8 R4 P2 c. n6 [, y7 W. k& V- y6 V+ B& d- m" X
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。" _7 T& d' F! g* [
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 [; W* b- B e7 @* R ^; ?4 s
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 Y5 |) |: k% ~4 [, N2 g$ J1 d# x0 ~! K {2 K E
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 `9 H+ W& B! e) v: c: o6 E4 l( E! N
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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. 6 W- A# X& t7 f * G( E# j* t& h4 lGovernment 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.: t: q0 ]7 u! ?+ r
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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.) A- t4 N; h7 K" ?$ Z/ G
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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.8 ~& c; E$ N! i$ m
4 r- Q- }* x0 P, R1 l/ {; Y" eChina'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. . s& m3 u" S) {( V9 c$ ~4 X$ M0 \' b3 X6 F1 X/ A/ Z- X+ C
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. K: m( a- H- u. _ ]
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. , P( P, J& S2 t9 R& D - F+ l j6 o6 U1 m' W8 `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.”) E3 k# ~9 I* ` c2 M; J
1 l( [7 r( H7 J& ~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. 4 X9 k# P3 f' z( D: x& G" h( u$ m- t( K% Q1 A9 \
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. 0 D2 R0 ~6 z0 U 5 U/ b. v9 i9 w + o E W- o) K7 t, I' H* l * M/ W4 v) H) `* [) r2 IFinancial Times
