2007年6月27日 星期三 2 x# X+ A1 K: M \/ F) T( r. {
`8 N, y. U% j% u0 G! Y
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。8 ?9 f) }6 z1 D+ Y) K0 D3 ]! X, V' F
5 G D7 p2 J& l3 d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 k5 T$ S8 h0 u" u6 g
9 W7 p: V! l5 ~9 P% q0 e" j
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。! P/ d% v. ~/ F: }, `
" H* g5 ^+ k4 j2 ^8 U8 X. M( 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。6 h6 _9 b/ h" R/ |9 o, O, p" x+ g
( c" H6 u1 ~# }+ n0 ^3 O
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。 - k/ t$ x; [) g5 z$ ?! }0 s1 \7 ` 2 r% S% Q$ f$ X4 e! ^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。 ( ]% }( S) K' C4 v9 p1 b ) u4 V# u6 [8 Y* f+ v0 B) F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”。 # x' N% U4 T9 c* y: i ; m$ W) }% n) I* T5 c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。” . M+ I' d( m2 @. g! d- O* _# {3 E! Z0 v1 _
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。 ( D- d( w7 d1 A' h; ?+ V7 {$ e2 [, J
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。+ s9 I; ^6 J& z+ j2 ?
5 y, u% g) v. h) \6 x! U
- e) V$ J7 L( y& x2 B+ ?9 Q! Z1 x
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ E3 e% P/ Q+ Z9 B; NWednesday, June 27, 2007 % S0 j0 g9 T X 3 L! M* M4 o/ d- V: b$ w# @' o/ Z: s% ?( x3 B" ~5 _
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ t0 h1 I" Q6 K- K
+ C- D7 E: c8 w6 K/ aChina 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. 3 i" U9 n" e/ A2 o' P% P1 L$ y , I+ d, ~5 w' x$ \) `4 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.$ K: s5 o- S0 J+ e6 x
0 K0 Q& [+ l( B& iComing 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 B! Y8 Q/ }! @* N) Z) v" x
. Q b# [3 }6 U9 V* Y9 t& DThe 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. 5 h. ? t7 t( A- o6 @# _) r; D% {6 E9 h2 ^) s: o1 {
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. 2 A6 {; y+ R2 d/ L, X$ H" @ 0 ], Y2 v4 L1 E* O2 bThe 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./ U! J. p8 {. |8 i% x ]5 l9 ~
" k8 \, Q9 O! R! m1 `' }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 x% N! m% |2 k0 C6 N ?# V4 P * |3 Y1 f B* q8 C+ kAn 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.”; K& v3 Z% P2 b ?7 t6 D( g
( `9 N: L0 Q; f8 wThe 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.5 \* D3 Y, O: {# V3 n0 Z
m. m/ {3 V x9 B7 s0 ^- EThe 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.1 Z6 J' I8 I7 U
1 |) S4 n, P. { ?9 K' D* F: C" T( T- k 3 z1 E" Q+ o* W 0 I7 Q% [" g0 ~3 P* }" BFinancial Times
