8 f y+ p) Q* z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。 $ o9 e" `8 ?- b# r3 F& ^2 S ' Z' g, ]( _: b9 i$ O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。 ! e) \ q% w% Q* N6 f, @0 i( Z1 k$ Y : L- g- L7 M f/ r/ B, @9 j3 ?$ E. S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。 / Q3 Q: m, P$ P& O7 ?3 c ) h7 O) p% Z6 U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。 & n6 N, T; c' ?$ }* `8 b! P3 k0 F- _0 f0 F/ n
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。8 e( r# @' ^) Q# D1 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。 ' b; l8 O. a' }/ c7 D/ L$ Y9 W% s1 D% g }- c% f
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”。 3 X$ e/ D N2 |3 [; o - y' O- i; t) `6 X7 E% A: S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。”6 ]/ q/ {9 V8 r# K# @
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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。 ; |- U3 q2 }, Z6 G, C4 M # X5 i! [/ D7 c/ S6 M( z7 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。" d( z5 Q- d4 O7 B# b0 {3 U3 K% _$ N
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * @7 e) e8 i. D9 nWednesday, June 27, 2007 * F& ~8 U5 G3 @& u s5 |# b. C6 }# T0 C/ `0 W
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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.+ h* o4 K' x; o, r3 t, o
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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.& g4 Q6 j- k7 D* i* j
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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. 6 `) q2 P0 M* w/ w1 @ 0 j1 }' W9 b' }* VChina'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. - W6 c6 W4 P; ? 1 d8 y# e6 P4 y2 ~2 \4 V7 ~" s4 WThe 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.3 a# k$ p& T! b* h9 \
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An 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.” ) M5 E4 i6 i3 q8 k( D) j9 Y* ^) \9 K9 W z
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. ; b" _4 A. \; e8 R( L: g5 Y4 W1 k+ O& h% ]
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.6 N* o0 ^+ j; A- q( x) Y
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