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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。$ A) x- L6 m5 ~
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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。5 p) h( A2 t+ 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。/ z$ B0 X" e7 ^
/ u7 T3 K, r6 Z, o4 ^; L! `* E# ? 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。 3 T, r6 z1 {* e) y. V* B V* O# q$ U5 @+ Y
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。$ Q- S: ~7 w, e# v
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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。 * C4 q' w- q3 K& Z. i! H/ b2 p8 C) P7 }" N d; }/ E& D
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”。 1 Z) O p8 {; a4 n, E+ k0 ^" Z 7 t. {0 m8 Q6 y1 l! ^6 v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。” % M' i- L _0 p1 S1 C ; `& ?& I" h1 j& _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 f, u: r! O2 h1 G! K* }6 H6 t 1 {) F. [: ?! f! `- H3 {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。 " x1 g$ G/ o' W* Y- \ ) `# J: t5 @ s& ]- b3 F3 D: o g+ w* H! s# J& |6 ^
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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. 7 H2 B& R a$ p5 J' j , P9 _! @- L- l) B9 P, TGovernment 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.5 ]7 N2 ]% _. ]; f
/ A3 \. V% D- H9 I+ o: k+ a7 aComing 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.. x8 v4 v+ O9 H! A; @
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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.2 T6 ]' }4 {' b1 m
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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. 6 e4 a) F, W! ~ ) t' L6 n/ Y% EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.. n7 z% c! d# y7 n& ?. y
+ V7 A! P& K# [ k4 p7 H8 uAn 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.” 9 `! L/ V0 j- i o3 X- m / X: L% p, X0 c9 QThe 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.* g" ^6 Y% n; E2 B. L* ^4 q% p
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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. . d; ?4 b3 q; \/ `, r, ~! ~4 @ : Y* P2 ]3 L6 }& X- V' l : P: `2 L. r% y; r: A T5 F$ }7 \' i& i# g! o* G5 {
Financial Times
