2 r6 a5 f% w! c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。: D% C. i) T, v. Q4 F: c9 m
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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。 " E, n5 y+ d h7 m/ L0 o7 L1 W+ g. Y, Y
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。! i! Y* I# f$ Z0 M* h% y, S
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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。 ) J! l |0 m- @! N& {) B # r0 U% _4 f1 I7 R) k! h' l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。 - E% ]2 v4 f( o1 H7 U8 o9 A/ G- v4 {5 M" s$ a d' K
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。 $ t, \4 F V5 J; d* D! M5 E$ T, J2 v+ p O
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”。 : o* U/ y9 S7 g/ s' X- Q8 U ! w/ j8 c9 ~4 }3 Q9 i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。”2 {/ |3 d3 s4 c% a
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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。9 v9 z- V7 Z% w! x; e
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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。 6 U# P5 j9 U& Q% y 2 M6 L u: X _& Q/ e# w! n6 Q% N9 g* m1 D, I
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( I" n4 V; |2 l* `: b6 jWednesday, June 27, 2007 : S5 n' n) q- k" s! R2 Y7 [; T
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) z+ F; M. P3 l5 k/ HBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION8 r% O$ @" y j" }0 @4 e
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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. 1 I! r& n" t/ m! _. k : I) D" E: J' ^& H6 N w) o" uGovernment 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./ w: u- T: N: I' g) r# F
o1 M& G/ e. f0 v& b: c0 fComing 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. " @8 w6 B+ v9 {4 h8 I, C6 ~0 h* O' d, J" @2 E' H- e# l" k( E
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.: `% z! b9 v& K+ Y$ l. u
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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.8 ~* p* t2 X& W5 j
1 s1 E- _3 q5 ?8 H9 b6 V9 i) S7 f& |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. 0 ]1 t+ V2 o! A4 q2 I8 N. b" P [4 S% F/ P( L2 ^) k* v
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0 O9 K( W9 \# XAn 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.” . E/ O) |% @& \, G i# r% P ' n6 C F; Z9 ]" wThe 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. 8 E9 |' o/ m0 j- O8 P/ ~ # p6 \! _! Y* }) V5 lThe 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. * W. T' r+ a6 y6 c1 p: m$ X( @2 D: e- i. R- V) u
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