1 F; [( O/ }8 x4 g% o* U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。 ! t* o* t2 P' i8 \1 t( }" h9 g, x. |# H
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。 ' j7 N: @0 H: g3 r5 ~) e# K / l, l2 g$ H; E' G- C* k7 M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 g7 z. B+ S% A( P3 [+ ^- x1 r9 H- D( [& |, p; W
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。# [/ i9 Y' b; j% r! J, i7 z
5 p$ K4 x! R2 I" u! @; e" `$ f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。 4 h, e7 s+ E9 V/ U& P. p$ \9 i9 z5 e3 ~; x
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”。0 Y, P. {! p2 }2 F/ Y! M
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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。” & R1 E4 s5 i# U& d : v# l* A5 n x# J4 [: w* Q6 {2 f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。 9 E2 Z- o7 _; P ! R; J/ A, E' 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。5 |* a; a6 o. M/ H3 \' S& g
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 R3 q- B% L. D
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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. , x4 G; c8 t# E6 s- ]8 ]* T; l/ s3 S5 y4 J; Y
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 L$ L" V/ }7 p% f; e ( R; Z- `& Q2 E+ @7 n V8 j& _0 pComing 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. # N# @. B! q, X8 z) x3 u% j& ^6 t9 p! `: z0 \
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. / n8 h# Q) Z9 D/ c* T* {) P/ m( u" @
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.: q4 i! S1 P& @4 z- y. \: U$ I
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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.. W# a% S' K( _; Z( ?
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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.”9 t7 [) x# N* l! ]5 Y1 D
. t. h- D7 O: MThe 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 [/ g ^8 i6 `9 Y, r; U4 q a: K $ ~0 r& @' Y t# q" @5 n3 R7 R: y# ]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. Q9 _& f+ S; L$ X1 D! m+ r 6 \; Z+ }9 U+ c- Z }( N 1 Q' m/ l' Y+ I: w1 P, ]' z# c( D p" Q4 L) z/ O* V
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