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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。 1 r2 d' |1 g& U" ?0 Q6 k ) _/ N& {' I5 G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& S5 H X9 @& z l; ?$ ]9 ]* r + ~) C u4 w& d* D. ~6 J% Q/ V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 T6 E4 b( l- Y7 |+ a2 a' K3 ] 5 D7 M7 ~2 u4 T! ~" q: s
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。; N! D7 `( g/ r5 _4 q
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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。0 c9 P- V2 V0 O, h3 _2 s8 D# l
! d( I, X5 T! z/ h6 N; |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。$ O9 d! Q1 s6 p
& D: {" B) z. l% J* m% T: A7 g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# L: X7 [: Z z0 p& q
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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。”' ^" g( ]& \0 K- w$ f% h& q" r
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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。7 M2 F/ ^6 ~1 O# r
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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。 # r9 L3 |# }9 i+ n8 a& U$ Q# T$ @* s* L5 m
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 Z- }' t9 N1 C" `* cWednesday, June 27, 2007 * A2 v* I, i* s' u+ p- r8 k
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* [ `/ Z8 h" @; K. ?BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# B7 V) T$ [, D" F% M" {+ J
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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.9 _& g$ Y. J: [8 y8 G0 H
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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.* y! z: d$ |7 B7 Q2 O* N
9 E; N+ J7 y2 OComing 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. ) V- `4 J* k. x5 `8 T* H0 {0 k5 H& N
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.( S! n2 h1 {$ e. G; [+ e; [" {
9 x: \6 g U8 {( I) [( bChina'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. , P; C. n7 n3 t: b5 F# y " O, H6 G. k% mThe 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. ( K) h' v9 f) Z/ H* n" V# {4 x( T7 z$ `4 \; N: o" c
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) S% u/ n. m* v' a" Y f 7 e( S4 j* X$ j. Z/ fAn 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.”& N8 x* t( h- ~+ R' U& ~4 ~
% Q R# X# a" [! y2 Z' n+ ~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. 8 ^1 F( L- \. _" J3 @ ) @$ K& u" O) g, ~ s0 I# R7 KThe 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.! O& g3 u* _3 G- e! Q6 ~
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