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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。; z8 c( L* b2 y1 G
: h! ?7 f% _$ k4 d& P& ]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。 5 A* F7 _7 A- a. q, D0 i/ J 4 Q/ @1 `8 t/ ` z t3 R) y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。 ; V: o- z1 Y4 v# J6 t 6 l- z- S7 u1 _9 z" s+ h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。 ( |6 p9 Y1 ^0 P# d ' b' ]$ k8 c3 ]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。( ?4 P5 a1 a% Y. {+ ~
# Y$ ^, g* H( K7 Q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。) M+ o2 [) d; s/ I" K
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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”。 + j" E3 \5 C" _- g5 } L! G/ V$ i+ D. r7 [* 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。”3 Q. \* e6 N" m5 f
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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。+ n/ i3 H7 n3 \6 B' N' O( S% V6 s
( q: K" [: b) Q& D8 Q" L8 d- J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。 - L1 d& }+ b' Y8 f6 F* N9 n* e9 a' E+ }; M# ]3 e/ U
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' ]2 {/ |& G; L
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 " J+ K7 U; V" l- O: e' f ( z2 z1 c I" w. x" R! X% C ' \; g; K) F5 zBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # ~4 R+ y1 w- |; ^5 p- x) ]. p% L ; L0 c' d- G3 M7 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. 3 f7 n4 ~; H4 n9 W& N% k, o 8 q# p8 h# }- cGovernment 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., \$ k, @% j3 Y
/ i+ g0 r% P `9 H0 }. ]) i2 x" [0 Z0 K# sComing 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. + y, x# [2 G# g: R3 F0 B! p: [/ u0 c
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.4 }9 p8 A+ Q! E( A3 R
; d6 k* q& y6 {1 k5 S5 H PChina'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. ( b2 d7 c$ c9 t5 \) x# A) y z& h! A3 O
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.( _0 t+ n& }# a
* h) w1 U4 u( D1 rThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.8 j9 i( y. G5 ]1 Y) l8 B
$ N: L) H F% U% x9 B9 p( NAn 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.” ( a: V; x( ]/ n8 d, L9 R3 G9 C+ K5 o1 `2 H4 o) ?
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.2 Y3 V+ A k+ @4 a1 z5 I
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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. / P" W) G( B& V! i, o. w$ K. |$ P; a0 i8 t
, G6 t3 @/ a- Q% W6 } ( m2 x, |# @5 K" L% eFinancial Times
