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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。 " C2 M3 v- {; x: g$ B# E4 x4 h9 ~0 v7 h, O
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。 - j z* M- R$ T5 C% ~" Z# {1 N! K" c/ S3 f; m7 r
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。 ) Q% F. b: e, A* A 6 L, E, _, z& N5 M7 P, V) F
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。 $ ^# ^, c" t0 S/ W8 ?2 Z $ U9 d( | U7 _5 z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。 9 d1 R* G( l! Y: V" S! }" [* U" s+ S; A) w( P9 f" G
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。3 Q$ N' Y- k, ^8 z
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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”。: @! q5 e1 H- Y7 t
2 b8 [" A1 F. _+ f3 Q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。” & s2 e$ c! T6 @+ K4 B% J& [ - `* w+ U3 l1 q! r r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。 4 p7 b4 f4 w0 A: G C( W6 b3 Y R
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。# w3 @" j* l' X' y& c
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # K' p: V/ F3 @: |) i3 A! O
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6 Q' b- q+ [' K0 b, x$ K3 s
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 D& o0 _: I7 `
+ Q4 ~6 W7 K% m8 p/ y9 R- tChina 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. 0 h( O& N9 R1 ]# K9 Z- }& Y! 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. ( P0 C( M$ \2 @6 N: F' I3 p+ u - r5 G1 N/ Q1 R; d9 k1 \% J6 cComing 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.! z3 L, e9 k, R5 K5 F K$ g0 |
4 ~) X5 Z( V0 O! d3 E( V0 HThe 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.& ?) N1 g/ Y& K
) h0 v2 J; @# l! rChina'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.! q; w4 K8 q3 T$ c. M! r
/ K1 z) b' o4 e# tThe 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. 6 {3 @8 o2 H; A. ~2 C! k6 Z8 B/ J4 ?9 H/ X' P! Z4 M
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: w, u+ }$ d0 L1 r
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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.” O9 F( V3 A5 L( B, n% i6 G Q $ r4 b9 J4 W0 d f, [1 |; dThe 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. 0 G0 o! _2 B! T! i6 G ! t3 e" G7 W& z& _, V8 G8 Y; oThe 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. 8 w$ Y) V' d$ _; P" p+ C. Z& x. J + M/ d* y2 l8 e# r$ M! h3 ~( e* q9 M2 n: a( E3 f
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Financial Times
