2007年6月27日 星期三 & R' f* a, q9 h2 D8 g3 t ) A- z9 o7 Q4 Z9 h0 y2 e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。 % S7 N7 _- \! m& ^6 g6 Q3 l# f0 s9 W) J* B: N% Q
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。 0 M: l7 D& W. x+ M / j2 a6 x; P' W4 Z6 h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。/ ^" j6 S. ~$ v7 b2 }# m3 B4 D& t5 c
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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。 7 ]. ?' {0 W+ b6 P4 `. p8 E/ T: L
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$ X4 H+ f1 R2 z* e5 h9 ]$ n
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。( M% {, o( C% T; l* q1 U% c
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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”。 7 V; n4 p& H2 Q2 q- I4 @4 O0 B 6 B+ V& ]( B; b 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。” % O2 @. Z4 f3 P/ E7 z7 p0 @" w0 t2 [6 ^9 ~/ N% f/ i! ^
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。 , Y+ Q$ {" k E. \7 T, |# _; z- J: ]( t" |' s, ~
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。 ( s# w& T, m' S" { " Y0 ^' M" S( ` 7 W3 K% r$ W! x( {By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . _' O8 b# W+ T0 y2 T# R" H
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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. ' ^) Z$ E& D W9 S3 w: P5 l6 u4 z
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. ! k0 A2 W7 P/ N2 U6 s/ L5 P) O& |$ o1 ?; V8 O
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.+ U0 Z% @1 Q$ [" \" C
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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. / l/ x* L* S0 l# h$ E( Y: N 6 G. v1 X7 ` e9 |The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & U" o( `/ Y( u9 B : z# C4 I7 P+ |" rAn 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.” 1 X2 U4 t+ `$ a( i' d 4 N3 F3 _. |& r) e4 G) c! ?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. 2 f2 r$ @$ g' W( S* H. L1 Q: \& ?0 v* |: g
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.6 }1 J' p* `9 s) f( C5 @+ q3 G2 W
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+ S" h: m8 s; w: x- o' i; O 1 p6 j6 y" M' o! ^! Z" I' c4 zFinancial Times
