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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。4 R% n4 L3 s6 _2 J/ m
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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。$ d* U ?1 Y1 e, f! R& s8 p
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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。1 m7 a( Q, Q- e' A! s% [1 l
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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。) H1 O" U' f3 ]$ \ W' l
3 H5 v6 o: q( {- r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。 }$ M: ?- ^/ I1 c4 M. e6 r, r- r7 D s+ |& p' b
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。 $ `2 z& Y2 [5 H) f+ p5 M& [ a / v" X; {6 f; c& v' S8 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”。% _: `5 F6 G1 x9 M0 d$ H
" r, d2 b2 U5 [& F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。”# x, V; P) p, h/ a0 Z, D' ]4 R( L
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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。 7 N% ?9 q) y. e, t9 w$ Z 4 Y# h1 X) h+ I- A# O6 B" z0 W8 C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 D1 i) e" G! r( u6 ^1 M9 q
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 g- K* p( S, e! V3 ]6 f& x
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, G5 N7 W( ~0 `0 qBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ! Z; L, r4 s) ?1 v+ K3 u 7 f' M5 {- ]; D3 Z, f/ oChina 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.5 t& O1 |+ G% x# K
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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.! s# i: g: J3 E8 C5 D$ I0 f
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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. 1 d; {7 V; z1 c9 h8 r4 b/ u% ?3 O- [8 N3 [0 A) H
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.* `3 P1 T7 b: G$ P8 o
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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.* F8 }" z( p9 d* H, C
' z9 L1 L5 H( L+ p/ {7 ?; hThe 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.* p7 F# H1 c( ~# `9 ~
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ y* d5 u7 J' |" a: m- R8 f) q, F: s) j! d: ~
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.” 5 F* p% b. \- P- t# w! }$ w7 o' r4 q6 Q: m3 [
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.. F- O$ ^: ~- i4 E
* D1 Y8 h% K# s* EThe 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. ! L: p7 F3 p/ R* M4 m$ A L0 z, s- b: {2 c8 h! `
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