- E( w+ c) H2 L* V8 E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。 7 ~- x6 B, e$ S- I9 r, K- `7 z( b2 Z, s/ Z% }* f
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。% x" [$ o1 e' G u
0 U2 b! s4 T4 I4 Y+ a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。 $ Q# n8 J9 e0 Q& U$ [) J2 w $ @7 O/ c# j5 b9 Z3 c7 T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。 * [! o9 f) l9 i- l1 a. e# i. K' M4 |) S) [& U; ~ Y
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, b' f3 O. | z
, `. Y, L: O" f ?& @) K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”。 * K& {% `1 n- `6 c, C' a! J h 9 O4 W3 c4 n; v$ N. e. [' o. H$ Y* |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。” , I! ~! S" [5 t2 f$ ]1 C3 }/ |/ D! R. n6 Z/ d' d1 _
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: Y; q/ f) w, O0 c: r) r4 \ , o3 C* \# U7 f5 t8 b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。 6 i/ J3 }9 C: ]' | & j7 O& f8 `2 H. c : H5 h* X8 l5 uBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & m* _) L O/ w3 |7 c0 [Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7 M6 I& p: q: Q9 h: J7 j! d& J- k1 q
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9 ~2 e; ?( Z1 J! {" vBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION - Q, ~, P9 X% x x0 k+ K" T+ [ & p: [+ c+ Q2 hChina 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.$ u6 }4 X; ~* ?3 z! `; c! `0 V* j
8 N- H& E5 R1 x. f8 v3 U5 R; qGovernment 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. + g+ p8 l% h' d' }, g# H; j; `# E( w5 g; W2 T
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. % G& n0 h6 t9 `; U! ?# v" p4 `9 B $ w) e: R2 X* S- S" b: ~( hThe 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. ) s5 W6 S6 N; B1 r9 V- G `' N+ l) p0 U% g- D/ VChina'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. ) Q2 {8 ?4 J" T / G% F9 j! Y8 T, z- u/ yThe 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.7 I5 k5 G9 \# j! N+ E
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 J; e6 t+ O1 [ 6 z# i/ ^* Y) g) {( Z1 p0 [- WAn 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.” : A/ K& x" L/ `3 K: ~0 a8 M1 L* n [0 ?; m
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. ' q, \4 _1 e2 _* E# t+ o8 f $ Y j- l0 C/ ~3 j+ SThe 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.$ t0 \0 K; V. W5 n/ j2 U7 H" w
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