農夫山泉與《京華時報》就“標準門”對峙
Nongfu Spring, one of China`s biggest bottled water companies, is attempting to sue The Beijing Times over reports that its products fail to meet national standards.
作為國內最大的瓶裝水生產商之一，農夫山泉正就“標準門”事件起訴《京華時報》。
In an online statement on Monday, the company said it is seeking 60 million yuan ($9.7 million) in damages from the paper, which it accuses of defamation.
在于本周一發(fā)布的一項網絡聲明中，農夫山泉公司已起訴《京華時報》誹謗其名譽，要求對方賠償名譽權損失6000萬元人民幣(約合970萬美元)。
Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Nongfu Spring, appeared at a news conference in the afternoon that descended into a war of words with reporters from The Beijing Times, who insisted reports about the water quality had been "factual" and "well-grounded".
6日下午，農夫山泉董事長鐘睒睒現身新聞發(fā)布會，整場發(fā)布會演變成一場農夫山泉與《京華時報》記者的論戰(zhàn)，該報記者堅稱其報道“真實可靠”、“證據充分”。
The dispute has raged since April 10, when The Beijing Times published a report that said Nongfu Spring, whose sales of bottled water account for 20 percent of the domestic market, did not meet the national water quality standard, and instead adhered to a lower standard set by Zhejiang province, where the company is based.
這場糾紛始于4月10日，《京華時報》刊登報道稱，占國內瓶裝水市場20%份額的農夫山泉并未能達到國家水質檢測標準;而是選擇采用公司所在地浙江省制定的較低標準。
On its bottles` label, Nongfu Spring quotes DB33/383-2005, the Zhejiang standard, but not the updated national standard, despite its products being available nationwide.
盡管在全國范圍內銷售，但農夫山泉瓶身標簽上采用的卻是浙江地標DB33/383-2005，而并非最新的國家標準。
Some Zhejiang quality standard indexes are considered less strict, which have caused doubt as local standards are required to be stricter than national standards, according to regulations.
根據相關法規(guī)，地方標準應嚴于國家標準。而在浙江地標中，一些質量指標被認為要求較為寬松，從而引發(fā)一片質疑聲。
Nongfu Spring`s chairman Zhong said on Monday: "We didn`t label national standards on our product because they are mandatory, and we are also supervised by national standards in production."
本周一，農夫山泉董事長鐘睒睒表示：“我們之所以沒有在瓶身標明國家標準是因為這些標準是強制執(zhí)行的，同時我們的產品生產也受國家標準的約束監(jiān)督。”
The company has been adopting several standards for bottled water products, he said, including a national standard on the sanitation of bottled drinking water, a national standard on tap water and a quality standard on bottled drinking water made in Zhejiang.
他表示，農夫山泉公司采用了多種瓶裝水標準，其中包括瓶裝飲用水的國家衛(wèi)生標準、直接飲用水國家標準、以及浙江省瓶裝飲用水質量標準。
"When there are different requirements for a same index in these standards, we always choose the strictest requirement," Zhong said.
“當這些標準對同一指標的要求不同時，我們都是按照最嚴格的要求來執(zhí)行。”鐘睒睒表示。
The chairman neither confirmed nor denied a report by The Beijing Times on Monday that production at Nongfu Spring`s barreled drinking water factory in Beijing had been suspended, on orders from the capital`s bureau for quality supervision, inspection and quarantine.
鐘睒睒并沒有對《京華時報》于本周一發(fā)布的報道做出回應。該報道稱，應北京市質監(jiān)局要求，農夫山泉桶裝水位于北京的生產廠已停產。
However, Zhong said the factory will not produce barreled drinking water in Beijing in the future, although no quality issues have been found since the factory opened in Beijing in 2008.
然而，鐘睒睒表示將不再在北京設廠生產桶裝水，盡管自2008年在北京設廠生產以來并未出現過任何質量問題。
He said inaccurate reports had caused big troubles for the company in the past month, and have forced the company to quit producing barreled drinking water in Beijing.
他表示，在剛剛過去的一個月中，不實報道已對農夫山泉公司造成了巨大困擾，迫使該公司不得不停止了在北京桶裝水的生產。
Meanwhile, experts said a lack of unified standards to regulate bottled water not only caused confusion, but also made it difficult to put enterprises under supervision.
與此同時，專家們表示，缺乏統(tǒng)一的瓶裝水標準不僅造成混亂局面，更使得監(jiān)管企業(yè)變得難上加難。
Dong Jinshi with the International Food Packaging Association suggested a unified national standard formulated to cover all mandatory indexes of bottled water.
來自國際食品包裝協會的董金獅建議制定一個統(tǒng)一的國家標準，涵蓋瓶裝水全部的強制性指標。
Bottled-water companies in China adopt a variety of water standards, including national standards made by different ministries; standards made by local governments; and those made by the companies themselves.
中國的瓶裝水生產商采用多種飲用水標準，包括各部委制定的國家標準、地方政府標準、以及公司內部標準。
This creates confusion among the public and makes it difficult for the food authorities to supervisequality, Dong said.
董金獅說，這使得公眾摸不著頭腦，也令食品質量監(jiān)督部門難以對產品質量進行監(jiān)管。
"The National Health and Family Planning Commission is speeding up its consolidation of standards on bottled water, and new national standards will be published," the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment.
中國國家食品安全風險評估中心表示：“國家衛(wèi)生和計劃生育委員會正在加緊對瓶裝飲用水標準進行整合，并將發(fā)布新的國家標準。”
In addition, clarification and consolidation of 5,000 food standards will be completed before the end of 2015, the center said.
該中心還表示，將于2015年年底前，完善對5000項食品標準的清理和整合工作。
