2007年6月27日 星期三 & g6 L4 l* _' P- b! ^& F , J/ {+ t* ^+ |1 T L, J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。 : Y) V) d/ f, ~& |0 T- X" b8 e# T0 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。) k X1 L1 m$ s' L5 C
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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。% t* S2 j! |+ [* X! l& l7 e% r! p
* u% N9 S; Q( ^" H% m% G2 z u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 n' z5 F9 F4 d; w8 M$ [
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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。 8 f ?4 y Z* S4 s( g! g7 L& D# n- l* X! u/ E; q- 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。 R* u! e9 ?3 w5 ]3 x2 c! D+ [2 h7 o0 i# |
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”。 0 c1 c0 Q4 k5 D* P5 x% N+ [4 x! ^+ W+ H. ?( V7 X* d
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。”. d/ b0 r C; o' i9 T% z
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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。 6 R9 u) _6 b: {5 h" y% i; s f+ @( V' \
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。 9 m3 ?0 ^2 A Q# m ) E4 Z0 R! T% | : g, `6 t4 W% J# v5 ~By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai " j0 ^) [9 W* KWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 P4 ]: B6 T" }0 i4 M
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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. - H& H9 U, n q9 H+ f# C" U3 D" @4 h* k
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.6 v: D1 s: S$ J: \, n. J4 O
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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. " {3 t+ o+ b" f- W- Y4 J , G. A3 U* X' V7 I! t/ NThe 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.0 o$ Q) v7 T( u
% |1 H0 v1 O& j1 X1 Z' z! LChina'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 @8 N+ i5 h) ?- G( x
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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.+ x8 R+ P4 Q% Z) @) x
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + n, }* F! ]3 [: A- A$ A0 l! l& S7 L% }" w" s1 H
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.” 9 l: R7 ]4 _- k* @ * v. p( v- f/ y/ m% I/ aThe 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." U; b5 ]; L& H9 W1 u) P
) f7 R$ `- H6 `% S) hThe 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. " c! U% U+ V% b% s6 q% ^ ( e. W; ]7 P% P5 U/ U' }, l g( k. t$ Y5 N; H& u g/ }' d
