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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。6 ?+ W+ X5 t! L3 @6 i$ m: f
9 A( B6 p2 p7 z) m5 b& D8 a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 S* A0 e4 x/ \1 K, e
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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。 * M) N F" b a _+ h3 s3 F. b ) k. ], A: k! _: ]6 L# }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。! e! i; b6 q5 t) W% W7 W: q' c
3 N! `6 D0 @. e, T0 r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。 d4 r; y% w. _$ { C8 h5 a' g) F" B% [: o9 g: g8 X
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。: M5 k' o& A v) ~& y6 t
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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”。0 n- P3 R" l1 {, Z
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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。”' d$ {7 I B, M% `6 G% ~% |
# A+ u8 Q+ e& t/ V# W ^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。 8 ^5 Z& P+ r G7 P8 p' `6 A/ d" X5 h
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 b4 a! ]) |0 ?" t: z: D T3 Z
% v1 {5 U% K7 c$ b, | / B4 ? b) ~- aBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 2 o2 e, T9 L9 B1 [2 u
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! s: o v, C2 T7 `) k; v2 V' A7 p! f9 E' Q
U2 `- u: p P; ~: s3 ABEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION* b( c: E/ E0 e% [3 n/ ~1 ]3 ~0 y' 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. 4 v% z C3 Q) i2 C - L; f, F3 ]. XGovernment 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.# b8 T! o: A$ t" s5 \% O& w( U
/ f$ d/ }1 L- x* ^/ | _- w# pComing 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.' s: D7 @( c( T8 `
( Z" M* g* I$ Q! J( x2 f0 c% tThe 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.( K, _" n( j G, ?+ h' u4 d7 l
# C# E) D# @9 c* X* i; Z+ oChina'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.6 `. M( j( h& e
+ Z2 t5 y0 y6 ?* G" n+ [$ B/ dThe 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.% K0 G0 ?9 I7 Q/ K1 A: a9 ~2 j) ~
5 @) U, n1 G% G: s( DThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.( |5 s, d; [! i) s
4 r- _5 o, ~( m6 U, `" r+ 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.” ' ~& U+ ?- R: K6 h+ @; [9 N4 D& K1 I. }7 X7 P3 h! {
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.% u- l: j2 Z$ Q
$ Q1 L! b! |! v% _- A$ ~. eThe 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. w( v$ X" T( t. `5 Q* A6 o ( i3 J0 A1 a& z( c) [, E v 1 T% G C/ S6 ?( `9 @1 b# ]( \3 Q/ b% r/ C
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