+ A& {( D' a0 w$ o8 p' Z; T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。+ l: R U; M2 }# l6 ]' G$ ]
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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。 0 }% D6 N/ s+ `. F7 C ( n( Q+ {$ ^& f# 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。: u0 k7 f9 T2 ^+ t: i
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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。 * M$ ?8 x' m1 u) L, r* ^! j r$ e5 l! a
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。 j2 r. ^/ _" V/ n
. f7 y0 G7 E; g7 H/ M/ 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”。 3 f/ P, `8 [. Y) P6 m2 B $ D' b+ W' ~; [) H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。”1 y4 A- W, \6 v4 s. K. T5 e# I
; K) s1 y+ W, r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。. r7 A% `! D; l
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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。 5 r, M3 L9 B: d2 w# W( } 3 h8 Q5 w; f2 Q$ x- c 8 l: j2 \; A" z) g! r1 LBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & ?7 T' x; ~( \' t" ?
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 * s N5 _8 O- Q) v5 { , X) Q0 z" u. O( L $ d9 J4 _- i( R: i5 V+ X2 LBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION8 t) X1 ^9 L! u
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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. 5 U6 |3 ~9 N) B 8 L( L3 o$ l+ Z: @4 |8 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. $ l M- ^1 ` l3 N. m( [: y" K* g4 ?: u6 J3 W6 k' N3 M7 {
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. 4 { B$ ^, e6 h# M h8 {) j$ Y) k! g' z
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. 5 e7 \/ o/ E7 X! _3 ~! Q, g8 K# b5 {; q7 Z% D
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. 2 g2 K% S- @5 R, Y1 p1 P7 {2 A" T& o; S+ v* l6 H& h( }0 `0 d
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. / r" E7 t. ~) n$ U 9 @, ^+ c" @! U. H0 W7 C2 }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % ?( D0 z, N- O" U, I, ~& S, L$ M 0 B7 @: 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.”# t4 z5 J B0 I* X
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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. ( D) b9 d: o7 P4 D$ \1 w% S6 w9 g
