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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。 , l: O4 j1 `. u% \2 r! _0 A# h; P# P* Q$ U; q0 _- U7 u7 M% s+ w
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。 6 k3 R) D$ M8 J' e* R: x# m. k) \+ Q# K4 }/ }) y0 `' b% C
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。8 M1 ~; u! G2 U0 o' y8 Y
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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。/ Z& r) v' Y6 x6 E
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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。 & J: p+ A! ]+ |9 v. \3 o7 [7 y6 o: W; Y9 `, 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。0 b( A# ?& S9 f |3 V' 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”。7 F3 R, Z, I ]4 U9 l
" x2 t" y% A! K+ f. W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 w, i1 c& [ X) c0 q; Q; e . z1 M; K. {0 x8 Y: f9 L/ R# 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。 4 K' j/ S+ {5 b8 d . a. W' y1 w6 p" Z0 B6 B0 a# q9 `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。% |- D% }4 y U' {3 j2 Q
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai D: D* `; Z( D% I* E5 a
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 # D) q' Z4 B5 B {0 D) Y/ M& r( T" N& H+ q5 M5 I
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION6 z, m" u9 s: B2 r: m9 F* ~
0 S7 @ Y) X' W- j4 V& ^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. % B! o' D }/ E z2 S8 F 5 N. c# T& c1 o! w- MGovernment 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. 3 i1 M0 I9 N7 J" _; A: j9 G6 z & J. m! r9 S: w5 O# a! u0 yComing 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. P' i* o# i6 g0 U R) m: X
3 k% S3 k2 x5 }; c, T9 EThe 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. ' T# N, \' t7 H8 `4 s( [, T5 N5 A 9 E; ]+ i x" T$ S$ y( vChina'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. ! i' H3 }# I. Z. k- {) [# t ! Q ]' U5 q6 E( Y3 y) ~: T2 FThe 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.3 d& a% f2 W, y6 j$ f
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 8 L3 U+ ?$ O) l% H( a t7 e( w# T3 ]) h6 s$ ?3 }9 n6 y7 e; S3 p" p
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.” ' j; g2 M$ T3 Y5 e3 P5 v9 M; D. |; M( I8 H) {. b
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. * n0 a: Q8 n& I8 Y/ x9 ]2 W. J4 a) x
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. $ j3 ^, w8 e( l; o+ N/ T' _0 n ) g& w+ F, h, I* L. O0 U - d2 u. n# K; N& {! l1 |; _7 k1 _% ]* Z6 I
Financial Times
