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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。, H5 _ k* D9 Y& P9 `
/ j! {3 [) n9 c+ a' w- r7 ?8 l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。9 N! b' g7 ]$ @1 A, L- v, H
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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。3 p9 }; Z' r" q& ~
0 N: F. R3 |( f0 L7 O5 ~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。1 ~: J* ~/ F8 ~" m
5 ~" u5 [+ y0 N( K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 \. [, G* e$ [1 X+ d+ \' x* S
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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& ~6 q% v6 ]+ r2 Q ' @( r( M$ R; J* D" C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”。 7 T, q# D+ [$ ~% h. s' e3 K* L1 S$ u1 V+ O$ ~
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。” ; H5 R. N# m. L" Z/ T$ N, E8 ~9 W+ s1 `' r. x& c/ A" ^' Q; b
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。; B& F0 u5 L( r7 K. V
9 G: @, U2 [3 B; D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。+ e0 V. X0 M" p8 U7 b
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( X( l6 l! C" k+ U* m5 L% | m% ~
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3 R6 P" M! o0 O; P( cBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION, t C) B, b* T; T7 b4 E! P
' p4 P2 X, G# M3 _8 \4 NChina 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 j" r! j3 _
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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. 3 V7 R8 j/ Q8 T 7 u7 O! T0 F& N& B: 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.5 x! C! @. Z+ S1 p% c& p* Z" d+ i! m1 H
1 z E" e% x1 Q2 d' C% n; e9 VThe 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. ) V* G/ B/ Z( y7 {% L0 T: d2 a9 ]; _" t, D* g
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. , {, N+ J# ~8 k% N6 y/ u # I7 w$ D* n3 cThe 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.4 K C `; r l1 n
6 }9 K3 n' T1 o- v# T: JThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' T( ~5 V/ W; m K: `+ h1 q5 J) O5 T" i v1 U- Y! |
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 k$ ^( c; _% Y) d6 K2 Z6 ~
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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. , C# K3 Q. {1 K0 y+ ~ , R* {( A1 Z% Q Y" W! P7 i- c# C' BThe 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. $ K" Q' d; u7 j ! r3 ], g' ^2 w) ?! G4 N" {* N, A3 c
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Financial Times
