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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。 + Q+ {4 m1 C1 a0 U& x+ `8 D& M 3 |3 e# C8 J" ]3 k# 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。 - j9 v* T ~0 W! U( j 9 ]* S3 J9 t2 x) `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。 ; x& i! Q6 W, r) Z6 W! e / x9 P! }; a. C6 l$ T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。) Y- G8 ~8 _* W# B8 B
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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。 6 j9 [7 ^! r% {' E& g0 M: z' }0 [; ~2 c" m) P
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 ~: ]* l: }/ v$ V/ R
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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”。 6 P V4 S3 A5 s& V; O: \0 p& g- T4 u0 Z1 N5 D' f w. Z! `1 |: D. e
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 m% T: @2 W/ `1 H+ x5 {
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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。 ( u( D; N$ C/ F% Y$ a% X' V# O ~. E. k. l( p/ Y+ T
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。 4 S: R- S. C- P) _5 Y% k/ s# v3 [5 R2 _5 n
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! g* d' S3 G ]; l- m+ bWednesday, June 27, 2007 + ]* Q- v# E% m9 h* r ; D( R* s: b, [5 I3 z3 ?. u* r. {- S; K5 f. x8 j2 R
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; H: Y# j/ b; V+ }( q1 E5 I- X- J
( _9 _7 k0 j& a0 p7 O9 [, Z6 ?( VChina 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.4 `& u. P+ Q6 f1 v/ {2 H: e) g4 n$ W
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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.. k J& R' L8 x8 p8 N) z
, \) ?6 D" D1 h1 Y, }2 H" B& FComing 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. 7 W7 c' S& e4 ^1 I: ~* l! g6 o' X( l5 Y
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.$ J" ^% N1 d1 C% r0 p
2 ]# }# ^2 D9 i- e- [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., o2 `$ y) E: ]$ W' z- w% `. Q
: j5 f% R( ?2 S. M$ W7 D+ 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. 6 H+ I& ~8 _& q! f0 ^" X- E+ ]: O 0 j1 ?- ?9 M" V1 _5 }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( j- O( q0 ?. O% }0 H1 T* q/ { g( V# q9 E" E
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.” 1 V4 ~$ }! ]( u" ? F6 G9 l 0 n* F z& g) w3 u; e8 DThe 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 A* V3 ]$ F% `4 K6 v+ o5 Y$ F- e2 g : l( p( F, x4 G2 [3 }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.0 _4 g- k5 o7 G8 v2 n
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