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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。 4 q1 v+ }3 g8 S- w+ k* G" M% m& J( G; p' f; ~7 @% W5 g
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。1 Y0 {( O8 A6 Z" B
# s- }9 d& f9 K% I# j) h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。: v/ L! X, _: k. B1 t* L9 M
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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。0 \+ A. }1 _% M% E$ |* ^
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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。 ! d* F7 Y1 u4 i' W1 Y. A s # U. e) i0 \! z5 W) i& D/ E- P! K5 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。 5 d# E3 F- P s9 q, F( @ 1 r/ }2 |% Y) @; P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”。 # ]- t. Y5 @6 W; a1 W. Q! b, n0 Y; C( [9 a
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。”' r e2 R1 k7 j5 n" V$ q& i1 c
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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。& E* X7 p! D, F9 e5 x: i( o
( Q0 W+ u) h; e5 `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。 ! y+ w/ v9 M9 D2 [: \4 C: n5 c$ {7 q8 {: V3 |& j$ f- K
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * G3 x p* C/ o% [
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4 D3 Q9 ?) J, o, U! k9 _' V1 g: v$ F6 l- p" }! R
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; E" I }2 H( D! o) u( l1 R; c, R! ^
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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. 3 Q( [3 L- @% {0 e' E9 l: q! b . T8 q4 u- w; y7 c8 hGovernment 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. $ D5 m8 e. x5 s6 p, f4 }5 ? r7 S
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. 8 L& M* ]; S8 u3 A! {, w" S9 `- o8 j$ L0 K
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.1 x/ ^! V7 h; A. Z* H( H6 i/ T+ n
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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.0 ?/ K5 S/ ?- p
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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.& B0 J$ ^- u& d( Z9 Q; \
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - Y6 f3 y! P6 U5 M. m: ]: J: o, e ' O/ v% T+ X7 i: hAn 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.” $ ?+ h4 y+ b( {1 m 7 i$ A% g3 A6 H F8 Y8 B TThe 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.6 x% N! d6 Z. ^
- a- g$ Q" m+ G" d4 @! ]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.8 e0 n9 {& _/ h- [4 V( [- q
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