5 W8 s% [: c; ]$ c6 Z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。 9 ? r( i; S S: W& k+ K $ H: F# e+ K2 g6 i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$ ^' e, ?1 d2 \6 Q5 c6 T4 M% [& d; |
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。; z V9 a: ]+ n9 P3 k
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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。+ r8 }# g' n u2 j& E
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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。: {- Q' o8 @. v" a1 J2 `( L& `
+ H+ w6 p* Y6 Q+ ~3 K& 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。 / a3 z! @3 |0 B& |. s( v8 u* i" K0 {; h. }* @* W B
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; l! ^( y D0 f& G+ y , L( \# M4 p5 @" Q9 _+ N" J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。”. a& Q& r0 }# {: |7 f
( {2 q3 @% v2 f ~' u; 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。1 b o, m2 [# n, `" J+ A
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& r6 @/ N1 R* @, U
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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. ( ^2 A! W& L0 e2 J, U% D4 \5 }2 T; [% r1 X( j
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.7 u( {1 I# h6 O3 x6 j, N8 {
" ]" M. y0 w$ U! V' Q& S" qComing 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. [ [" m. M( v8 S* t7 @
& N8 h' q& w" H. {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.$ v" I7 H( n. @4 A* a
% }. y& f. F) n& @. B, A1 {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 h5 {+ k! v0 I9 e4 q: g, c- v# ~2 y: {; ]
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. 8 F5 V* r3 U, E. m/ A! D! l$ X+ M7 q. I$ D# n% Z- z
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 4 y! a$ C( B, o% \0 A2 U7 a6 ]% }9 W0 X) e( {
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.”; R0 H2 z8 m0 R3 p( P# R
7 V3 ~5 w7 a4 t/ 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.! g' n( W/ m5 k1 H! V6 C
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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.6 r' F7 }3 `- a+ A9 ~5 R0 Z
