3 |6 y) B! z o) s0 k/ I) s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。. y# C0 d% q2 x3 O9 L& h
0 i% w# z5 I! g, A; O1 j1 }7 V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。 ; u% A1 x. q! [/ p 7 }' c% {- P8 }4 r }+ c" B- f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。 * u0 E. `" k% y! l3 H% A ; c; @# I& W7 l |9 e, h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。 R- U t1 O V K
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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 v7 A) N6 I: U% q. H2 q/ B4 y
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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。3 S$ {4 y( C6 O2 B) z1 |
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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”。: N( \" @1 _1 ]0 s& p* U4 T; H7 C
# F" C5 b' t6 p1 P; c5 t3 y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。” 7 v" V! g# @, E9 q& H% B ; R! o# T: @) ]6 g" @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。 * H! ^7 ?# d$ P8 v) f8 {9 @* w, E+ A g$ o( I1 J' f1 n+ A
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。! Y, v& {! \/ ? d
; u U1 z5 `. F) V& {: b ) `2 s. L6 c" PBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * K. h& }5 q( _( U: D( m( c: {Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 ^' F( F v, U1 ^& q2 Q: }& C [. A( \( m: ]6 U" q0 C: y5 E; x- T
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' B3 _! a+ Y( G( Y
" ^$ _& ? \, {+ ^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. 8 X7 T) x% M# M5 _" n: y1 l" i3 e0 g X8 i2 ?
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. 2 M* j: Q! P. C; n( b1 ^' g: @# E4 m+ y3 G
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.# O9 f, |0 P. |2 G9 z9 T7 X
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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.- d+ z' E, R3 H2 B# j2 [# R/ B& \, k( l
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & S. v9 ]# {( Y7 O9 b: @6 r+ O$ W7 X6 Y8 w
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.”4 _& Z! B: X2 `: \* M# W# ?, E
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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. 3 H) ~3 g7 ^- F/ e5 o5 o7 @ * B& i5 p4 X; h7 x/ ?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. 2 w1 D" P: n& w; A; [# {" u5 O6 S% i5 \4 d7 L* i' u, T1 D
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