' Q' g- q2 E, w: `9 t0 u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。 6 i8 T3 W9 ~1 [5 ` ( P% f# I1 i$ I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 v5 u' ? ?' Q4 F: ] E
$ _1 ]0 G4 s( q$ m( N6 P; K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。, d* V4 p. p: Y" ~. j, |" h. U
: y' f1 R, V0 C. ^2 j5 N- B, p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。 {- ?7 M, |7 ?: T# N; p8 R
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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。 ( d6 R, e. ^/ U) q4 p) K 9 P, i& _3 ?# C! V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。9 D( C, L& H; D- x3 A: h3 M
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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”。) U. h+ V3 d+ H2 p+ |( S. `
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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。” 4 S/ U& ~9 @# A( j # Z$ p( N6 l/ K/ B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。7 T9 f0 W+ Z* p! x+ i
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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。 . o( b5 J; G. h$ {" K5 N/ j- _! @" }2 y
& h z" f. l8 e; `8 @By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 G, l4 `1 b( u& S+ M( r
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4 [* e) {' m) Q7 B% RChina 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. |- c1 P/ c* |. s# P, N : Q1 P2 i: ?: N4 _! R, |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. - p, {* j# D, Z- n5 k) H 9 u8 g; q% C; ^5 dComing 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.$ N! A5 y5 B$ e- n! U
& F; D' U& S$ LThe 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., V' L) ^9 M$ Q* D) H* \; v
: k% j4 m# U4 i6 B; Q+ ]China'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 e, V; T6 g9 D1 s j% m# a0 [; Q" R& i; u
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.7 X, ]. U1 V6 X6 v
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / c" y8 n: e0 L+ ]! U - d$ ^) I# |. {# YAn 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.” 4 s6 o* r4 `5 R3 H* x9 N0 R/ [" P) V7 D' w
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. . X% U7 {& {9 @: q3 C" { 3 X- q7 f1 s0 T& p' n# `8 Y# D. TThe 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. 3 U2 F4 Z1 @& K1 U- a 2 c$ H/ K6 y% @8 o/ M0 }3 _# d$ S1 ^) [" N" f; C3 Q
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