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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。5 m) I h4 o4 l
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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。% ~3 H$ k- }. o; |" a* W: F( b* J
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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。0 a* _2 V& X( c% d
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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。 , J3 J' c: p- t. A) K1 ? ' T; q2 A* `( B$ r, l# }+ 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。# Q2 c$ q0 X. O' U) A6 a, W
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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。 ; J0 [7 v! q2 j( S# f 8 K2 l5 o6 v. @/ S. ?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/ H9 Z% \: g% F
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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。”! o# Y9 X* L/ ? v* L) @) k: U
* |% n2 y! o# x# P" Y. M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。, |0 e, h- N" N( o
; H, d; a9 k) A) T* R; S' 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。 $ f. U t p/ j5 u ( U9 T, T0 }$ r: p/ S/ ` 4 \ M* Z5 U/ rBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai x! s1 }1 m) p/ b! P, h- \8 T4 OWednesday, June 27, 2007 # V: F3 n( _( Q: b 2 h3 q2 b0 t/ d& N: @! c' t# z- L% C2 G8 s9 E) Y
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# j9 p' g1 Z5 ~2 s$ D
$ J! {* K- g }) a! pChina 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.& `2 i; ]$ J7 d, E
; `& o5 v6 {3 @# {- W: BGovernment 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.1 m+ U% k3 V0 n) A& O
* F* N+ o: a! g3 O) B4 hComing 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 t- C# V2 f \% ]% N" S3 d& e! U# K! t- }- U
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. $ b9 t' `- L4 W0 w: _% B : Z+ j6 H, c/ g# YChina'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.+ P M: ]! w4 g- {9 @7 B/ l z
" V0 H3 p" o+ k% I+ KThe 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.' L n1 T+ |5 T, f; B
/ w2 O1 k8 F$ w' fThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) ?! y# i& l7 X& M
4 j J/ h& p+ F6 n* 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.”# h3 V6 Z( N1 m4 S5 c: P% l
$ N# Z* Y* P( ]7 k9 F5 }% BThe 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 I2 i3 a8 W F8 o% E4 N' Y 7 X- I$ \2 t8 W; S7 j: ?$ C% RThe 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. ( |7 I( I$ H+ }+ G# B: f9 S! k5 G% \& n9 O% s4 v& n
& p3 k0 T# Y+ B6 L5 I+ o( u 2 ]. |; F- }2 i6 wFinancial Times
