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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。. k1 s/ N! w- S4 m
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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。 , p. D6 b: J4 I( @ {+ u. H* X 8 T3 N# l5 j: _+ A' `0 }" P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。5 ^ k" c) ]% t9 h: z# B: n# |% ?
: P4 k# }9 O, \: w' j& a! v' a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。) w. \. ~ ]) q5 A" O/ H
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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。 . x& U, [; k; o: u, V; }) \7 Y ' l9 Q- c6 K, p9 n& h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。 * e# F2 B+ v- j6 ] 7 Z* ]6 J4 ?: w; [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”。- w9 ?" Y) H8 E$ O
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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。”) Y. E: ~, u, d& ~; ]' e0 g
( B/ ~5 w$ \, T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 s& b$ `( G. `3 r ) Y! O3 A% n: y A5 U- u: C/ \4 |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。 + k- V; g* v! G; ~3 p: ]% b ~8 C, l Z3 l3 U( c! A
- @, Y5 g, ~7 s T7 X1 R% f2 ] fBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 n4 k/ d3 z# w, S8 mWednesday, June 27, 2007 \3 K: J# z! ~0 P" ]. J- m+ y0 i5 P* s5 V. A, O
$ V' K6 ~. D3 u" I) kBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) i! d$ S! j n' u% X w- K2 [. H2 S! H: J
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. ! Z$ [0 f2 U4 n9 \ b& H+ E+ F! q % g3 U5 W* V3 h0 m2 W! bGovernment 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.0 y/ ? Z; b# `+ c7 Z8 a7 A8 a+ ~
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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. ( a0 Z6 J% ?9 i6 Z* F2 H0 y 0 C' {, c1 |* R: \7 n/ {0 gThe 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 n% G: G/ K7 |5 y* O$ p) l 8 v7 ^! v6 }( L b# YChina'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. 0 l4 W/ P% m. P1 i. ~" T! `( } 7 x" }% |: Y+ AThe 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. 2 b; U1 Q( N& k' C+ r I) t+ O. t& w: K3 n+ w7 r
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.$ t8 ?7 H- ^/ T. y1 o" t( [9 r" t, z
8 P& l' H% x. u2 P2 lAn 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.”$ {$ } G4 T: K9 O1 y& F1 x
3 v; J0 V; Z! r$ D6 u! v! CThe 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.( e$ c( |* K7 m; O, r! k) y( q0 ?
: y1 X* A @. ZThe 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. 0 C5 k1 ~) q* ]' b5 H) M 7 n% C7 k$ E% z; ]/ f, Z : [7 A3 N' z+ }! P9 F& `* Q# A7 h; K, C7 W7 B, I
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