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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。4 _( F6 ~- b( }4 P
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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。 ( {% I4 j. H: p0 T% b( R1 U8 ^" \. V
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。; H+ }* x% T. q9 y
6 I, u; P; ^2 l5 D! u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。2 b6 R: E* V" a9 n L& K
~* f2 {. n$ H5 `* N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。 . Y5 n7 U2 o: E7 s! p% d D 1 a7 P( m7 _* D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。' p8 d* K1 N9 \, d
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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”。 ) e: G' M! ~% G/ P4 S- H# \# Y # L7 L% E" u. F+ T; P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。” [0 A. s3 X2 L. ~3 O( y' [; ~( J. \
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。 ) W" J! r$ g1 j+ v R1 E 2 o+ K+ `/ `8 w& P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。 : u7 n1 Y: c- O+ N I- M" h3 s9 @$ d$ X0 R3 z7 f# p- R# G
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 S! ?7 h, Z2 _& h0 KWednesday, June 27, 2007 $ Y8 i! F- o2 H! s1 h3 w; E" g# I, q
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 5 H; L, P: A# }' ~/ M' s 2 p3 [# j+ O' Q! E% L6 g/ QChina 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.: o1 O% }7 @6 x, x! `, |
, \2 u: e0 u1 [' @6 IGovernment 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.$ I. ]3 b9 _' [' Q) J
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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. v& V3 U8 A* Q' v* z2 a
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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.1 q( B" B; D. \6 V! }/ }
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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.* O( A# M7 V9 N0 P3 L
. |4 [2 D t# g! [' t: H1 {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., C n; f5 R$ _( Y* \; b
; v8 M6 U9 k/ x, }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# E7 p. k1 ?2 m- d! G, R+ t
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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.”. M% z* X- P8 M. X
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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.+ ?9 a D6 S: v7 m: ?8 F$ @5 x( i
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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.$ [% |0 o6 I/ T! H5 P# r; H1 P: b2 D
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