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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。 2 q7 P2 X" T( v' [' U + c3 O- G! O4 x6 w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& l( g% v3 M6 F P- `4 F # k/ W5 ]. S; B4 g& |. \% F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。1 d. x. K$ T# L" d
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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。 ( R: \6 Z+ J" |* [* s) y: V* M4 K, [; p1 ?; F# b- B2 e
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。1 S, E" A* P. _" m) a8 O- J. G
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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。, e0 x% |3 S* }, q, z z
) N- o- D! |6 b6 B6 ~3 u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”。4 T6 V2 {5 X5 F) w0 [' l) C' i
' I( K& m( Y: P/ L, s r1 G# d/ x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。”; P- Z4 d. C1 o% F9 F8 A; B4 Z
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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。 5 Q0 w. L2 ]* f4 B( ^2 {9 X/ |1 ?" a; N5 f4 r2 J1 y
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。9 a5 p1 `- W* ]1 _
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # A+ q0 s7 Y1 s( d
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 e: x* L/ N5 M- S
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 0 g$ [/ _5 F* ^ ) w# R+ G9 U! {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. 0 [. ?9 U8 v, l. |4 V' ^) F! ~$ }+ f4 N
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.3 M6 O/ T% m- C* c# J' W: y
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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. & c) Q h+ I+ b' h% X . X2 O2 Q# i4 m9 F7 u7 i" FThe 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. : [, Q p$ p' O4 E3 U* o j 0 q: n) J2 y3 T. r( _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.& I. A* e3 Q5 u" P* {1 K
7 S. _% K0 _# @ t7 ?0 c+ l2 LThe 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. , A6 Y+ ^( y9 h* N" X/ ^' _7 M 7 p: Z. v" Z* h# \7 }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ c5 f; b8 z" F6 d1 [$ c5 e+ I
. d: X0 n4 A, M# M. `4 F( \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.”. `/ w' l Y, M5 L5 k$ o. Y) S- y. c4 P
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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. 4 M# v/ n- z4 m- u9 s7 W / {1 e4 T# J$ XThe 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.. \' h/ B: @# X) ^
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