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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。 % f: Z* Q2 L: ^2 l5 l w* }9 c2 b3 f: H( v/ F6 z- @. a' Y
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。 ; s0 b5 \$ b2 [+ D6 E1 P1 I8 }8 J! _& 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。 " X3 G5 A$ o+ `* q Y0 `; T9 |0 ~' W$ W
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。6 I8 l6 e3 Z$ h) M: q* Z, t
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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。 ; a9 i6 H5 y9 N* U, g 4 V( [4 N6 r2 C# n0 ~# C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。 ! Y" m' @% P( |; O% b 3 i' G0 ^% y- W, i% | E5 ^$ p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”。+ |, G* E: q8 W9 R$ t3 {
1 e9 ^7 q$ J. N- g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。” ! P. y8 y$ `9 v9 E$ F, E/ w+ _8 d* N: M1 {; O
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。 * A( n1 H7 C2 i3 j+ Z5 u " p1 D6 D5 O: R" P3 n8 M! j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。 2 W) f, B2 z9 @" I. S# F1 M# X z, C; ~, m# i
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; W; d5 L# U7 h. J$ p% EWednesday, June 27, 2007 l& b9 j* x9 `* i' n% s7 y" q K5 r9 n" Q Z1 E; }
[8 e' N& ~$ k* l! RBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) j" j0 c5 T. b% a/ ~ 0 t8 U& x; L( H, _, \1 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. 8 _ ]1 U% M$ @: @) n a2 Y( {; g7 lGovernment 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.* t, I! |2 C: s( x
) Z" Y. M" d: S* D& @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.0 O6 ^) q1 y! `" T5 u
, ^) D1 ^+ C- R- r F4 |9 ~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. 2 \' x1 ?/ I0 ~7 @7 s) g2 f) k& N# c" d5 }0 i x
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.+ }! E* r. s9 h" l0 Y4 ^
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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.6 {" I6 M. z6 B9 E, e8 A
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# F: A' y: N3 g6 c" @
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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.0 l. h) [5 U- A! U' p2 V! E
3 d3 x- S9 Y/ F2 E" q, ?1 @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. ) V& d2 L5 v4 Y0 ?, q- P$ K- a / s% P8 }- L2 S7 T" k. M. G* I5 c) N3 [: o- ?
