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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。 3 v5 K! l6 R1 z2 ?3 y 3 T* R F! c- w5 G2 }8 N3 d0 m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。* J1 N: j6 v6 }" \
2 l( \. m# l$ L9 _* u& C) [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。 & Z! X {: r' ^6 c ( w* Y% r0 O5 S) q( V
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。% B* O3 ^5 x- |
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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。 + v! V& k; c! x% W- x$ e0 _ 0 O2 t, ~7 P0 S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。 : ~ w) `( Z* v" T" W 7 [' d$ d3 E$ T" ~/ R4 s) F1 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”。 6 P3 e2 r5 `' P: V K: U% c1 T# t
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 L" c* r) f; f, J9 Y
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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。, ^" C5 k% c" m$ s9 c X
- v% l$ J! @7 n. [2 r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。) P, F4 Y5 i3 r
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/ q; S: V% {- Y/ Q8 f- eBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai _" U& G# w {3 c; g
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$ }6 F% U1 t3 Z* b# m3 ?3 }3 E4 @BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION5 p3 M7 ?, o7 ?4 q7 }7 d
1 b8 q+ C3 P& O* M. \5 X! @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. 5 t% o' h, u3 y: E1 f" r4 y0 F4 m( G, N , z! \6 ~6 ?. z* ^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.# \5 R$ b/ R! x3 S* R
7 v7 J8 }) k% _/ V8 xComing 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. ; @. y) {5 ^- a$ P7 X + `- ^4 ~! R4 V5 S. z9 vThe 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.7 o: y' s0 U8 j |& B6 H3 n, x
: O. H" H' ~9 V: Z. hChina'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.# O9 Q9 v. O& `& z5 T) N
' X' o9 f- ]' v+ M) XThe 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.2 Z: f2 t7 {. H9 n; I8 i
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.5 K1 c0 D& h2 o5 ?7 D4 Z; i- {9 d
- x0 I; O& p9 s4 V+ s$ DAn 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.” & W' D. O) Z" Y# f8 ^- p s( {* y# |/ Y0 Z6 A$ ^$ j
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. ' T: v: {: ?7 u9 _: A & g, o t ^9 O$ jThe 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." a) G$ |4 A3 |3 B5 k' M
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