2007年6月27日 星期三 1 g. |: o$ N, x# o * `. W9 b) z7 O( y! l/ W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。( m% t0 A4 A9 @- X! v2 m
8 J8 h# T4 [* |! x1 M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。) m- c+ H' C( u# L
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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。 ( Y: A; s0 @' m3 t5 K 5 B5 g3 W3 c U; D, R! u, o
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。2 R2 i+ O- U. G, g/ N% q) `
% @$ z$ f+ E: G, z, b7 @: y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。 2 k+ l& s- A3 U8 m3 X) x/ r/ o, T 8 |1 r1 x+ z% A( A& a$ }. _: _) x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。 , C l6 o/ d1 X9 s5 z/ S: ]7 x # Y2 |4 C" z! n. c; k' g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 Y' o7 @) r/ {( Y! a2 e3 E" W# G0 o4 N) Q
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。” 9 G1 t! Y' ^% I( l+ }$ q8 b& G 4 g9 I8 y% v: V* i) B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。 7 R5 v5 R( K0 h/ z) L, b1 R6 {$ v: ~# {7 T' W/ N$ n
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。 + o' D" @3 n5 | V7 C# w2 F ' s) D4 R+ s/ n: _: C2 H2 |: d ' W9 P! Y2 a* ?0 S' rBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 O, _/ o2 `* }+ _* _Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 x2 M: \6 X) n. R 3 j+ z2 O1 J9 Z3 v" b 4 u$ c# A' u8 X% l) r* e0 ^, }* N QBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION " W: @3 l: `/ @9 { 7 `5 i" s8 n+ Y9 q0 _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. ! k# l0 j7 Z% e/ G' r/ O% Q6 @5 T& N J+ m+ e9 z+ A8 z2 W4 j. I
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.! d7 _) J8 `' [+ n7 n
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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.% H& z6 h) m/ z. i/ p7 V2 @
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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.4 Z$ C9 C1 \! l' E: l, H& i5 e0 [
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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.% c1 N3 @! C+ U2 A, |1 y
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: P1 Y9 o# v" R* F' s! Q, s+ q
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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.” ! b. z. r8 F9 P } : b7 Y4 J2 j/ f& R3 W" w& i _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.) {4 O6 O0 i3 E
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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. ! y! N5 t& W$ s; A5 U2 M- F* f8 [( u" V3 j! ?
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