* \( A! ]: f9 m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。 + H9 K7 y# n: y& B: Z2 K; l 2 a- I- k+ ~* J9 E7 X) h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。 2 C5 c$ t: [ I; z* x/ r3 O9 ?8 d i& W% J
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。 - |* k- s" Z8 X" \9 _0 N0 U( I7 n ; C$ l" x: y8 F2 ? x! w, 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。 . ~4 V- Z+ E( A/ x5 Y- w, g " N7 P0 b* d0 m' D2 E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。 7 R4 g( S X; A: _# b: v( C 3 d* U. E8 r- E' [' K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。+ D& r4 k& F& r8 Y: j& b( f& r
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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”。 / K+ F( ]% s5 H/ y 1 T5 |- T% a& w" j+ m4 x+ y/ Q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。”! w2 P* S8 z2 \$ O. H# P. `8 M y
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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。 ! [$ s6 b% v1 ~8 N% [ " Q k8 z8 R) {( ~& u1 i- C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。 - @- f* w. a3 V/ V% B" x/ ~6 C( C. u/ k" [1 ~
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" R' T- G% z4 g' z* a# W
, x; ^, j' I8 `4 Z6 ] ?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. * R1 m$ c7 c0 @5 A- l5 B" H $ g! m0 u, g3 N% \- v0 o- `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 }1 D* { R: X& s/ J! X% z9 w% W R4 ]9 e- L2 `+ c; f1 g
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.8 q+ r# x: w" w
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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.1 _) H5 m$ U9 K( `+ u5 n" y
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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. 9 ?" V) v3 j" N( T7 J' E3 U' q* e- x. b8 r# f# \* r
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % a! K- j8 i7 J; S9 t$ b% k. B9 j _' z. R, r
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.” : P9 y- E5 d/ J* ]3 \ s % ]' P. q' e( w3 z5 |+ PThe 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. ' h2 R7 F- o0 {5 o( v# r2 M, t. a 7 K3 w7 A( j2 a- U/ m$ E2 qThe 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. ! B; h( K7 D) k( P& B . {+ F+ G4 i, c8 r. U$ F: g5 T/ E6 }. F- v
