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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。 n, V/ Y7 s( H6 T' |
# S8 ]. O2 h, 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。 Q$ ]/ a. [% o7 S
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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。; [. a1 ?; K* \0 I
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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。 8 H) P$ ^. z, G * ?- I7 P& C$ m* R$ u/ _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。9 W5 @& h% Y, s, Y
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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。 5 l4 A3 B. w! i2 x+ |( o2 A* j$ N/ e0 N, O* g3 M6 v' x# x! R* G( l
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”。 ! ~9 Q k2 D4 [$ U- o* B' \4 g " W1 Q' ~& A/ _. Q0 Y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( C. t* L% @! N& f" g
/ B( n6 N& g( G( c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。0 {" q0 A5 w& X1 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。1 s( N2 F9 O( t' V4 @3 H
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - x3 y) N2 e/ j4 \: u
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) i! g0 R8 `& L$ f1 q* C6 X0 YBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ( F- o7 B0 l# L7 Z% K 1 s! m) L- E: s# l0 [& S. eChina 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. & H5 j s+ T4 N4 I) d+ H6 U 2 Q, D" f, d1 rGovernment 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. , n" [+ r3 H0 H( B+ N9 E* J# l3 Q9 d- _
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.1 m7 r4 g" @2 C2 Q
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+ u) S) n% J; l$ Z) @4 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. 0 b, {+ A0 Y) i$ @3 B " `& h% l- S/ l% 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. , Y1 j# ]" ?3 m3 v9 | 4 q0 A3 f$ i4 E% wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 0 z5 ~! S) n9 F1 m7 B3 e* p: M, P S$ E' x: k
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.”8 g# f3 `8 @& L2 G
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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.( u' n- U0 l, ^- u( F4 Z5 V
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Financial Times
