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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。 1 [' c3 Q! f5 r1 p' u. K2 u) P7 N; X4 ?& E2 B$ N! g- U
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。* k6 C! ^ [9 h8 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。 2 z" w3 D# T$ U" Q, c5 @; N5 F ; g- J& Y5 f: C/ h9 ]* m/ I
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。 $ j& P- ^; A6 z* {& x+ K 1 D% `6 K l* A* |7 b' j' \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。 7 b _( T; X& g3 I- w/ j. L! A% D5 o/ E
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。 7 ^% ]3 \, h% E4 A# z 4 s M4 n) c# P* w/ Y6 y$ L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”。; |, O7 T6 u4 u- c( V
8 Q! j; l. Y4 h7 `6 A( ^, y- g' 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。” % I$ E- j& D4 k% x, _6 p# d4 ^8 B. ~8 S: a
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。 + |" V* n/ i+ g# ~. a2 ?5 D 2 O1 s! s" K% [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。 0 j8 d) s) }1 r9 k! t2 n/ f8 ^* l/ S) y5 R# D
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 ~ K' |! B% Q& a# ^
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION & J7 Q; y# \9 ^( s % B. ?, Y+ [3 v) R5 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. 6 J4 V" g* H# | 8 g9 l/ A' ?# ~, U' y/ i# qGovernment 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. , W; H* |' Q% B; U 4 v* N' v- T! b7 T, |9 AComing 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. , |6 F# y1 v: o! R) c) e 0 N% F' L0 V8 \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. ; X& Y$ a/ h; E) }5 o/ A 0 ^* M$ u" `) ~* P) n2 lChina'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.5 K, F) a& s8 W1 ?9 Q$ `
/ O$ H6 S4 q, b- j6 sThe 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. ; v4 l% p/ B/ ]; I! v" ^7 _ ! M+ J9 y9 `! I( ^; f- U5 CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 z, Y* N& L( u5 D$ c " ^7 [9 e* K7 A7 PAn 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.”( Q7 U* m1 [9 k9 V' K
" Y! a: p8 H7 R# RThe 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 O6 X/ h0 ^1 u- ]! }* q) }, o7 B
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.$ h: h" F5 g$ o, o
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