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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。 ' R2 A- c$ r9 ] o. \ $ |- L( N7 J! D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。 & ^! A2 R) X& U( R* B* h# A! P1 z3 m$ O6 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。: K; c( k6 o6 i7 v8 O# C* S- ^
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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。 3 \8 s6 q: q J d) S 7 i4 C- G2 G& W, B4 B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。! S) m% P9 C) N" }) }
) y$ P+ w% L; a" V% Y# Y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 R, x Z$ D2 T' {# e/ }+ T
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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”。 ' R; l! ?' `4 l* E( H4 z2 l, O2 K2 {0 a4 s/ u$ K
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。”( d* l, o, @/ S: K& [0 @4 W: l
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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。, F# B5 N2 Y# S" R
! c" U, p& h: b1 y" h* \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。 + ?8 R- X( a8 v( I$ N 0 B7 g% h* O5 P+ o. ]* r" c # `' `6 z) w4 x) T, ZBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 u3 f9 ~! F$ i `! SWednesday, June 27, 2007 + I) J: c- n/ p # v# [( l6 O. u+ ]% ^) M1 w 1 O# Q8 F, m5 l# ]BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION: I5 p+ F) G: k8 s! w7 C7 W% W
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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. 3 \& t8 P3 t9 F H- J/ [! O5 A! T/ E
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. . I3 T/ o8 N% i e2 Z( g3 W$ E$ L( ?+ y/ ?+ R% L3 h
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. % h! u" y; C* ~+ `# y" {, s) G0 D" v
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. 8 c4 Q8 i, W; j1 y4 T8 S' r" a: {. r
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.( F% H/ d5 Z; R. F* F
, Y1 Y1 y+ O* F: S) G% oThe 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. 3 U' A& u2 g, `) }& @9 H 2 A2 {; t# s R4 FThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ {1 ]0 ~6 T: `% e' {
@7 C- n+ ~0 |: w0 R& f' d( \- @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.”, }. |0 _1 n9 ?5 k% G3 q
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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. 2 @/ @! F# h; Y1 q7 g: r# @: W . U) V% T* m0 [! z9 s9 IThe 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. - H3 }4 k; a2 J1 y# l( D! k% E" _1 y8 K( E
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