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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。 ' V# L( [1 o" _2 e( e6 W" M ~& {8 ^4 U- K
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。 ) p/ q P! e" ]( c* Q9 [7 B0 d, Q& ^* _. [: n3 U( g P9 B M
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。8 o( @, f1 q% a$ x
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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。5 k* f8 P% I6 z
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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。& u$ L! E' E- v! y! M& s
& a2 q, K- z/ f. 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。 % t4 g! h/ v! c- w/ {) H. y9 K- U! a ; ?$ J u/ h% e. R3 V) U2 e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”。 . y# I; P, r0 V( [ - O2 c# x4 l, f ]) Y. `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。” , U5 Z- Z, R. Z8 i4 z5 x4 i4 K6 V+ l3 @/ r8 L! {$ v
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。 ; \# g! D, ^- I" R& G Z/ e/ Y & d/ s+ A$ h( 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。 % o. \% C2 C. a8 z5 R4 M/ r% U, x$ y2 u9 J7 j/ R# }' D; n- o
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; A) f) t4 j# Q$ ?/ UWednesday, June 27, 2007 - i1 e8 Y! {* |+ B( O
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; k2 b7 b3 z7 u+ {9 ?8 ~5 [1 K, {4 N8 M* a8 ?9 {- p( f- W' e
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 ]. q* r4 P/ E' a' I , s% f2 [% D f9 G% R1 x$ KGovernment 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.; X m# Y! h; E$ J. |7 ?
: |7 T) q7 o% y2 NComing 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. ; y2 T9 g4 K; D$ e! y& J" B, W# `( ]2 h# ?) ~; B
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. 3 a; J* J- X" n7 H/ A8 Z; P) J + M/ Q; t3 K) G/ M" n4 N# _5 h2 WChina'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.4 {3 D- h! a2 u9 O
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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. ) ~: _2 v# H+ [. ^ L/ S2 ] + J) ?& m v# [" m* PThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 8 @1 W6 R# h# T" X' o# V, B9 \; z8 Y3 C
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.” 5 k$ i! f( q6 ]2 W/ N; P- w, i6 L' R" t& N" d/ U1 {
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. : T) o6 y) v% o; S& D0 K& h% Z
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. S4 u+ j: Y8 G1 |1 H, J # q; g6 D0 P: Q$ G# W; \/ B% P/ `! G$ P# L+ }
