/ ]/ C9 a& U. Q( z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。 . D# D/ |+ s+ @4 k9 h - Z# Y1 k1 b8 e8 [1 ^8 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。 " w% S5 i5 p) E, S" Z7 M! I1 G 5 A* x6 A4 A9 S/ l& r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。 + Q+ K( ^3 a8 @# S- i p9 C! m& H9 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。. J; ~8 I+ C- [% x) g: L
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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。 # w: t2 U/ C0 u; h1 W+ I" Y; o$ s4 D+ M+ u* S/ J6 u
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. E5 i) z6 {$ t5 C1 k5 k- w# d( q" u5 d
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。” : f$ v; N. k8 i9 F' w 6 R1 Y7 r v, ^+ g. 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。 , F% m) U' [9 P2 K " z0 D) S1 O, t4 I( o; h9 S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。% e E0 O v; e% t9 x
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 W- G1 G7 }' A% e% qWednesday, June 27, 2007 , [/ Y0 O8 ~* y) v- Q! y
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l6 ^8 n& v$ J9 M& f+ cBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION : h# K; m# }5 a- C" |5 a& _4 {: C* S3 S) ^ \# x4 Z' o
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. & W$ T6 D V7 t6 M( \) h4 v8 Z& y& W* f
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 G3 x' Y& g1 T2 x 9 v+ J/ y2 C/ s' k! kComing 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. . [' `2 L' J* ?5 T& m3 F/ ]% h, }( _. G
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. 3 s( |, L/ |% z& B1 `. g( d9 ?4 J . G9 e, X- T1 V5 f/ J/ 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. , S5 N; O+ b$ n 5 ?7 J% G% Q- j1 O: ?3 pThe 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 s5 V& F/ R( g3 C- X* b
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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.”* `" O8 V4 Z; q c, Q- _9 C j; O
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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. 7 B) ?# \: q/ F$ r4 d# Z. S. `+ Q& B4 B( W6 t
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