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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。, c3 g, G- g$ q3 ~8 ~- [7 X
: N# V# |7 ?/ c4 ]- `' }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。4 {) {* D+ A' F$ `% G
& }) s# j! F$ V) f% b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。 2 d8 O, [9 W2 ?: Q' g 2 ?4 U! p( o% E
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。 + r/ Y% x/ N9 D- I5 ], ?6 ?* T4 g z) R+ z" l! ]' ^0 M& e
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。 4 G$ ?0 c. L' k6 R- l5 K+ h- y" Y# i, o0 n
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。4 `3 r) d/ ^4 |# e# r8 r: e
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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”。 # M- i# f1 A$ U z, Q. v3 p# g, V X! f
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。” + V% L8 f5 ]4 J' k2 L8 \6 T ; `" Y0 g3 [% D% x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。 # c2 h, P( N9 O/ f ; s' E6 s V1 ^8 _: Q& ]5 g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。6 Q* M5 I2 k6 \
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / q& p# t; V& P4 A1 \' e& aWednesday, June 27, 2007 3 z4 B% A R/ B% h & C5 {5 [. r! e2 z7 X9 F T& T8 J6 E3 q. {2 m# z* Q4 h# f5 F: d% p8 m
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION$ Y' ^( c$ M$ l ]
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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. 1 F5 y1 r6 m: M& s) I o) F( m3 b+ i. W
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. , T( U+ J* e q, H, s: A0 p# P$ f5 _' k& J1 k$ r
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 p5 I# V [1 p0 x 0 U! a1 Q! X3 a& U+ V: S$ T' `/ EThe 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.: v2 w1 y0 c+ M! n+ J/ P" Y- X
0 @& D. _. H/ T2 d7 Z* N; [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. 7 V M t! {2 q9 ~+ @! Z! `7 s. I' } 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. . P) n3 x# p- A U. P2 F( q5 K& V8 z1 e% l* x3 n
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# `# t ], f. C4 H% {6 h' j
! D4 W: y H. 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.” / ?( r+ D2 v) q8 \8 @$ e* [2 b% s+ j, f
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., N+ f: |' m1 C7 n/ m& a3 l
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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.( r8 u" G+ C2 H9 L3 ^7 I& t/ o' F
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