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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。! S' `! L F" u0 q2 X
J2 p) Z) x0 G# \' O, R/ 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。 7 w% k8 @$ v @5 F. U& j0 L% e 9 g# `- a2 t( I- T- [' 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。 1 l! f9 |+ f0 j# _) |* T! Q/ o . H" L) C3 S5 c
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。' W, g; H3 ~% K. v ^
8 n" C# o/ Q1 O! k: o4 w3 t1 Z, u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。+ X8 n. q/ \0 F. Z5 A0 w% v
) t; h y5 u$ E3 R" c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。 5 \0 u& x3 Q; ~$ y8 K @2 h* j 7 C3 C) j; [2 ^/ t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”。 # I+ A" H' L+ L! I1 v; M W- k7 D+ ?/ \$ n0 b' n- I6 M, r; [
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。”# m/ K, h/ o3 Q0 E# H6 }
* @/ F! ~( @" G [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。 ( o( N) ^. z, S8 V0 D1 p7 F - Q8 `& n8 k9 }2 A b- X# M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' H/ K: ]- @
( K9 a5 g7 Q8 t( W O2 I 4 ~: d# P7 i/ y M& K9 ?$ lBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! }- N6 z+ v' V8 E4 c
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2 d T) U$ P3 t6 k9 _ t- s0 O" S % I U& ]6 T3 `! R' f4 k9 yBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION , J7 a- ?1 m# U" H# I # y6 r" ~: q# x3 y+ m0 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.4 Z/ k% o3 t; l4 H H- }% K2 S' Y$ ^
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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.# ^, }6 H' ^4 x, Y/ ~
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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. N- m! M: A: D9 r8 A
% p) p, u ^' O9 |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. ! E N/ q* Y3 Z% C 0 p4 T: x) T' ]& ^; A& d4 ^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. & S3 L* B8 Q6 U9 ^$ T# \1 t # t! D5 I1 C7 H0 B* QThe 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. : i! l; l* U/ z9 i+ B) |+ Y; b; m) [ 8 f8 J6 M: c: cThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' I1 d9 T5 P f2 E. J) H0 J% c0 Z" i: X$ N A* ~5 f3 A/ B
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.”( b2 [% D0 w- y$ K
; f& H" ?) d- U/ H/ d9 }+ UThe 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" Z, ~: k5 M4 F' X2 b# v9 v
% \- s8 F2 D/ D+ F2 gThe 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.. ?4 B# f6 e1 b: d& H- |) ~: x) v
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