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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 P l1 r9 O/ R% F 2 i0 T k9 M' G0 w/ y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。 " M* _, ~7 s9 m4 D3 {1 F ( L# n8 A8 f0 H- {9 x& g. R1 C: A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。+ Y" F3 F a3 O3 h3 p- l- ]+ N
: u) b8 y1 ~- n9 k: }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。9 }# n7 U3 g, |. w7 E J
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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。 3 e0 |( Y+ u! c0 x3 s . Z6 ~2 p* _0 M* 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。 ) K s% s7 {: z6 I: i) ?$ \ # @8 D8 Z% }6 U# R# \ \# _4 Q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”。$ s3 B3 P$ Q. ?6 R! O, @. m" y' c- D
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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。”$ m7 x4 ? V) r* [! _/ s
6 t" S' S8 K3 r- I3 I7 ~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。7 a! f# T- ~ l |9 W c
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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。 2 c: b* h0 ?& ^( f6 _( k . K* x* j; k/ m; m) p7 ]1 S6 p3 R : s6 z H2 z7 i& U: s1 pBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * f1 n y" V) u4 V j! }6 ]Wednesday, June 27, 2007 / z' n$ A: ^1 n" C
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . W# N0 G8 w4 i/ J. n9 T3 G6 d
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. ! `9 N( k9 `( ]8 C- t3 D5 x7 p, f' ~4 e; B$ h& ^1 Y4 X
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.1 [( T: c- K; F& J6 ?' l
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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.; k0 w$ D/ t+ \! [0 v
2 k, w& a5 h9 @" k7 R [7 Y5 OThe 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- Y, ?0 |1 T " @: D( `1 u3 A) o5 {# [) \# xChina'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.; k+ @+ f! i- Y+ U! `) c4 {' q
# q! w! Q {7 U+ H/ B7 g. oThe 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. 5 c; S3 z0 j* m / d; j! r0 ]2 tThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 2 d" z# y# a; |! A2 ~* y* h7 a) N/ z8 o; X4 K5 J0 d8 S& o0 u
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.” . K7 }, h) L9 g) o+ E ; O F# i+ }; O7 j3 jThe 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. / L2 J$ R6 U( `9 V+ J1 l 3 e8 o( `/ X" q* CThe 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/ W I+ [( |: f; a 7 Y* q7 H) I) C& B( v2 S6 ~9 b) j% o 1 H) L& @, s( y) b$ P. R & z L: B; `/ D; H1 R2 [5 BFinancial Times
