2007年6月27日 星期三 1 R. D1 Y; m" v6 j6 t7 h 3 y g3 w+ m. j; I+ `# H
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。+ ^3 ^$ H7 u7 Q0 G/ u; v
/ T4 I0 j- m( N$ d y6 J2 a/ i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。6 O* y8 V& y* m# a/ |- n
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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。! q( L5 X# w, P( R9 Y) S4 `0 c5 A9 V
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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。" W- }- l) v/ e( I
# }; ?! w4 H# u9 u: f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。 * h* Z, A8 W& {/ W; _7 q8 W ^8 n. E: u$ f- U3 }6 d
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。" V! a/ f7 `0 r9 L( K1 q
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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”。3 t5 L/ A% U6 i1 z
) w2 p, x, Z; m8 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 K! t. c! ~0 @, h
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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。 4 [- v* j% K+ u( ~6 S0 |3 ^, V$ p T1 @1 s' o0 a5 W# k! 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。 ( N; ^( V" K/ v" _: c) w + W1 ^! F. P" w" d" p9 h9 r* l9 Q9 ?5 a5 ^
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 {: d+ [% ]3 H' Q, H' @' tWednesday, June 27, 2007 , Z( b' R/ `+ z* w6 N( X: _. H8 R: p: S) l* _
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 S9 M3 p& x5 }( ~, f) F( Y) I/ _" ]- }4 v
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, `0 c/ l f' D+ A0 h+ y4 q: o& p) f6 Y
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.8 U {, L! P4 ]3 X" u3 C
( v$ T0 [2 E" a5 ?- L- WComing 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. % c& b0 v4 O0 W3 ~1 ~ x 5 y( d) G$ b6 k) p, f) kThe 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. . l; [6 l t3 ]7 ?% W: O& y6 Z5 ~' ? ^& }3 f# y* S
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.* U: _/ D8 l5 R7 p5 ?
- r5 ~/ d: L6 y5 X+ J0 QThe 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.% T, J$ s3 `( a
$ ^5 v5 [5 Y! g2 U' NThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - z. |# p# H2 F( a% N$ S3 J+ w' b/ l8 j7 Q1 @3 V; {! |2 C9 R
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$ y9 ~' [ K' B0 y" B9 q" h. X' d* G
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 e# g4 E6 r5 D3 r9 f! s
1 f+ O) i& y3 x2 Y2 R+ E2 QThe 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. + V6 d) g, G( x! A / V3 y: P2 v' M7 T4 z ( i: G# n, H" L; w( \+ o7 m" z2 I# k6 q
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