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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。! s. d. O! F$ I9 ~
( D1 {. d; w1 V, r* ~! F1 S. P3 t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。4 L6 x3 _- E* F$ p- Y
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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。 : W& i% t% x" G3 C6 t ( T6 E5 J2 z& d ~# e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。+ ~" U1 V! C" k9 J$ T
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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。 , |- h8 l, n+ h$ [* i* [0 a; q4 M; p! B* Z* k3 f$ q% W
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。 2 s: ?" H! u1 j, a. Q " z3 [2 ~7 V* ~- Y k4 A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”。6 ]) C5 q% }; P: i" f |8 h! E$ A% g
# j- E) V, X1 a" D9 p) |; m1 e9 F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。” 5 ?5 [$ u/ P# J, n9 Q( k& ]6 H8 T( e3 Y+ t; u
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 I, |* a3 o5 ^; z* V3 o9 }$ Z. d , L! E, }4 L& T) K( n8 Q# i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。 4 ?7 N z$ k' s; \! o F 9 E, U: T9 H4 H% @# v9 p* y% ~; }! u! i2 P' B) K$ m
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 O) Z( @- r0 p) S, vWednesday, June 27, 2007 ( l( U# c: v2 X* z* _* H/ n" X( U0 S+ w% \" l
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION+ h1 B# T2 }9 R7 w1 i: V8 V; o7 s7 ?
^8 b7 e: T) P LChina 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. 7 t7 Y A: {/ n* a5 H" d `1 N! j$ x9 P6 O* b# Q
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. 9 M. W% I# \+ ]. G8 s/ m7 _$ }; q, y' T2 l( C3 V; D
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.$ O! z7 t. E9 t7 L; T
# ], ]) V+ Z. |! F( _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.2 t7 _/ i4 m/ v0 F: ^
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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.2 ]% o( Q2 d; M5 e$ D' X' F
$ x7 s* u& G+ IThe 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. * a- |/ j# j+ T# c/ t" D0 ]) u8 y) r4 w/ k8 \/ l/ p( Z/ Q" ?
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 G* E0 A. }: U3 m . Y8 w7 H1 @* D( qAn 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.”) W7 l$ o! ~- N( T
4 V9 Q, ?" E* _; qThe 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. 4 g) F7 d5 C. N/ P* S1 N/ Q3 K) O9 O l7 [; u
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. ; ?; ^/ \& w% ~$ z 6 O5 K2 e$ b6 ` w 8 ^0 H. W( Y; W . @7 V) j' R% n. UFinancial Times
