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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。 ?3 f( S+ j9 M% S c D! [
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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。+ i! ?! b- M1 }2 j1 R
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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。/ {' b" u; R s6 D7 N5 S
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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。 % f. \" E x* e4 I0 B/ l5 I 5 O: R6 y* K, z" ~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。 " H" J0 s* P7 Y' s) b ) m% l& t. R+ K5 E( e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。. c* \+ H" b/ ]% f
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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”。 & p( d# N( y8 w2 H3 i/ {/ N1 k+ A0 M9 E1 P
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。”8 S8 X1 P: |& D2 `* a: O* P
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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。 6 i/ G' \8 U/ W, U9 ]- i 0 C& x2 P9 h* M# p! A4 Z, ^6 [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。 / k& ^" `, ^: V' `' y: d9 A; u6 q2 }7 f) [
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( l* m5 K6 {; j4 W6 v% Z5 E+ S
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2 K4 ^, R' G, K6 r Q K; ? U5 M
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . w- H. |6 l- S. }# y. g$ n7 C5 s' T1 q3 H4 G* t; u) F0 U5 f
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. # x4 M6 Z$ J" k4 d( |9 R+ V 8 ]: ~$ C/ f# [2 j/ P/ eGovernment 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.+ i5 F4 I0 G# u1 Y0 i, ~( t' [: J
& d+ t& R! V. t A4 `& ~7 JComing 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.3 G2 J5 O P2 B
6 }6 D; E- ^8 j% c7 ^6 rThe 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.1 m1 r( `3 i" V' X3 W6 ]
% S' ?5 a8 U/ i9 c8 a2 _4 QChina'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. $ I8 j8 M3 ^' {9 Z# m" p: k+ A0 X6 K, m; P- W
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. 1 J# ~; l# [% M4 O. ~% y. m9 |5 t$ O$ }8 D+ U
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: b6 k! l t! G% N2 V4 G% Q- K- p d
( ~( ]1 Y( p/ a6 D0 tAn 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.”. S$ r6 {7 H6 c) C8 g; f, F
% D' R0 \$ s" n0 _* `0 yThe 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. 3 K8 J; Y3 ]+ \7 v+ J9 l! _. @ # Q; D9 Y2 N6 N$ nThe 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., Q; M% z. l* a. k g
