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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。$ F8 p7 P7 ~2 i! H/ N
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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。& ^ x i1 e8 m# [/ D2 D
) l4 ^) i. l- P- \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。* S. L( Z/ [& t6 e `
+ }& y9 d U/ \3 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。0 a, j! n% d# `4 f9 l6 X
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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。 " A- i' S# s; Z3 O# E # D3 ~" G$ U) u7 ]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”。1 d. n6 }, V& K& `- R) a8 P
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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。” . w6 \6 N) Z+ V9 m& ^6 d, c$ u% X% @' 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。 & q, a$ @7 E4 g3 y2 g- c " J0 R" s- D. ` u8 k* a* K/ 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。& t$ B! r8 v5 i j
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : l$ W( H3 l; A( l% C' aWednesday, June 27, 2007 - Q/ K; X; ]+ I" _
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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. # \) e5 G# r+ m$ `: p : E" O. S1 d' hGovernment 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. # e% d0 q# ?$ g6 ~$ P+ _- B; u0 n5 U$ @% c
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.% D! B O" R2 H) ~( l9 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.* @& z3 Z8 T% J
1 j) Q, ?. i8 a% X6 IChina'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.& ]" M) Y6 G" m, c7 N' V* ^* \! R
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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.. V; y; O/ b: ?2 [3 S
w3 ]9 E T: V) f: z, LThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 ~) ?3 L. G) x+ H% K2 @ y9 d Z
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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.” 1 O, u8 W$ q$ V( Q/ x 5 u. U: Z3 W4 ~6 D: v! PThe 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.2 K) P v) x5 e. q+ M% _
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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. % R+ Q. x, D, H! C, J' f& w7 T6 K6 f; R; s' f# v' r' H
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