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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。 9 Z. D" R4 L( G" ? S 5 z8 I8 o* Q9 _3 E* X8 R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。) y( h r% X& G3 e: L, f9 q
/ R! s8 W/ ~- U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。 ; A4 ^) w/ E7 [; m% O/ h : F; i% X# K4 c, v- B
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。 1 ^2 _: Q: t4 V( e0 ^" y* U + [- V, N* `8 o& O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。/ p( L6 B4 D \; ^, D
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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。 $ X# ]# M5 g) q5 C 7 }' \% ?* D8 k: j' J/ M! w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”。; q ^ S( y [4 E
5 N9 J3 r* @+ y, q$ N8 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。” 3 Q* p, m* C6 k o& Q$ v# O' ^3 O0 \' L3 v
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。: Y+ Y( w* E; z2 J
8 G7 a6 t* x m, w' ]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。 + q1 F4 o R9 O! L' k) I5 w. B# Q( h% }" t! e! f+ g
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( `" F1 t1 k/ S0 Z4 v
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* t2 e* i( a$ B6 RBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# G7 G B" b& X' g) U/ ~; B! r4 o
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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. * R& b ]" I' v . F+ T9 s/ d( ~% Y* jGovernment 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. # P0 J. L! ]) v, D0 r7 ~. P' N0 k$ }. _0 g
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.6 B, ]% B5 u" W c
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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. 9 i8 s3 L O0 x+ Z6 p8 i6 U; O
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.$ p% X* `" {% N
# p9 @0 V2 v2 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. ; ^) Z4 j) Q `% _# g9 S% [- L% e1 _7 K, v3 x3 x D% x
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 a; D1 r. U" X d" I+ F* p; x
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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.”; y4 f4 Z1 z) R C, q/ z
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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. 1 L- v X+ W/ [& {& m$ t8 U* h( \2 @& N9 |! @8 i$ {$ K$ p( ^
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. / `' x ^% T( r* U" ?2 l6 A, [4 V. B6 L$ y w5 Z$ F3 L
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Financial Times
