2007年6月27日 星期三 # B7 _: a' A8 k, \5 y ; g- H# j% p; ?! g6 c1 Z; D" B6 s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。+ }9 z* _$ x# K
& r: w8 ?* {$ N. m" q, u3 F+ G$ Y7 _. 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。" G- ~; L/ Z. ~, v- i: x
% Z0 T; v8 t8 e' k i+ a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。1 Y$ k& A7 G0 d# k3 w; ^# D- a
/ \( L }/ G/ n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。 3 [; F. J0 M# x9 ]" a, C) G' d Z F* c+ n9 D) p5 b; 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 }3 u6 |7 Z. Q+ C - S" m+ s/ H" w3 e) u2 i; m! K( \! z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。 - T0 \ G" g. b, S3 ~& Z, k0 ~7 U* g [( Z5 q
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”。+ M; }- }$ I9 R+ y( F1 X4 B& R
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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 R. [$ H; b4 n# f2 [) a8 I
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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。 7 b: [" n, \3 B/ _' L9 o $ O k. y8 K# w" u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。 - d0 d9 D7 u! _2 P C# O ( B; A& u! Q3 U" P! q) w- e3 r2 C5 Q* w% i. n7 w% a6 u/ `
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( Q! w5 h" @' n+ Z$ c( O: ZWednesday, June 27, 2007 7 Q8 [% k! g% z7 N9 k9 D . S. B; U7 H( @; v; P( D: g3 m. v- Y1 B' M0 x+ f9 q+ ~8 E& Q' P. m) S/ i
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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. . V" m8 L9 N4 S# U9 A& i' ? 2 Y2 e6 g7 G' P! | N4 _0 \3 lGovernment 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. 5 W. v7 t- N5 x' ~9 P 3 `4 g6 ~( r. r% hComing 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 j0 I# w0 d+ L
- _& {7 V( W' G3 oThe 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. # P. Y+ c1 g1 h+ E- m P* S# ?. ~2 t# o j6 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. ; o/ c, y- O* g ~! z0 v# L0 j! v4 V# H h
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. ! G1 \- q0 ~- y2 d8 V% o6 ^ % X+ [0 }& G2 m% r# l- P, wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 3 b7 Y7 V& O( g! t7 m6 V; W O) b3 N# y# y- ^9 Z# xAn 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.” 6 K0 T& W: ], M! t) S) p4 j$ c. a/ m3 U
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. 2 w& e2 H n7 z, {; v8 ?7 x4 H $ \" \+ m) J9 J# n# n' x: ^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. 1 N; c# r& w/ n. W/ s/ q! L: q! T) t9 L% `$ V4 U9 g
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