2007年6月27日 星期三 # h" }# N! U: n % s) w) k$ l( u* P' i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。 7 {% u& ~. o) q, @" A9 K4 A ) j8 r' g& B5 `8 u8 p! w: B" [, |% |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。: A& L0 n( Q9 K1 O% f5 Z
! [' u. N& x7 d) u4 n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。9 D8 }* y" A u. j
$ j7 g% G" i) o+ Z, p/ \* v4 Q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 p5 S, f8 r$ _! o0 d: D( s , p+ m r$ d2 k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。. E1 \" D$ T' D0 F' e
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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。( g+ V6 u5 g+ r$ e; j+ ]: a+ F: G
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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”。& \1 f; R# w1 w
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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。” 8 g( D1 ~' Z9 z# _; A+ @& \. `8 Y7 p% O0 L
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。 # w: a/ p- W" y7 U/ \' Y7 d* i7 [9 N4 F8 k
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。 - k3 _2 o' E9 I# x5 D 2 ]3 K) O/ {6 g# x9 F* _4 } {3 H( [! }9 C. F4 _8 z
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' R3 q7 c, @2 o6 ^2 p& E. [Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , O8 B4 q# g: M! Q: R% @
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION % s# |7 O9 F( I5 |" e9 k% J* V , [1 y3 @1 H* E% {, `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.0 h: z' j3 j* W: Y8 S9 a% i
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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. 2 Q" T+ r5 s% ~' C4 c! r8 w2 q y) H
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.6 {, ^6 R9 S. L1 ~6 ^% y z. x
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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. 3 s! @5 f* m9 w8 |" i* V* J3 }2 P9 d/ T9 o& Q! X2 t
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.* H/ D4 R6 Z6 |% f
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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.2 S/ K- s' c* u8 W/ I4 o
0 [7 T+ v8 `+ _: i f, [/ rThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / X9 ]9 G: c. A6 e 7 B) a3 j; s! j( h+ S5 uAn 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.” 2 [4 u: n. w* P4 w |0 V- }/ q( H n% D ! i' ~, b& ?! x. {3 q( I1 M4 ^* EThe 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. 8 A+ K8 h) N m+ f1 z ! t, i7 u0 u( x! A+ G/ H+ [7 dThe 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.4 A% I0 T! _9 A* K+ p5 J8 J- f
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