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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。 * P- I5 H: v# ^: J9 x8 \( o7 ^& L
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。 7 Z# F# j, W! v( k, Y6 c' j0 X; ^. V* H' ?" H+ W3 M* M
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。 : L8 M4 a1 |& E" X7 _ # G# l# H3 M# u2 R
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。2 ~$ r) x R* C! G
1 X% `. a2 g8 i, ^+ S" g7 z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。$ S9 P( U6 l# j6 ?1 C7 O. H
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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。2 h d6 K* c4 o+ a/ R7 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”。; T8 S8 O5 M5 y/ a
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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。” 9 k% \& R4 W8 ]/ N* G; x- r2 G4 l9 x/ g+ o; g+ ~
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。2 h v2 P* ^% y
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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。9 v" T! x7 [$ ~' S. m8 ^9 m, j
# _' i0 U% h! A6 o) ?7 q 1 S. |7 C/ |* w7 r9 t* FBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : P3 y( l [1 d4 ? c/ [) U
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ) W- H9 r3 F$ |0 M+ O4 D. \
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 ^1 g3 R* _, D: { ! S, ]9 G* f$ B: h6 }4 D2 \5 H8 sChina 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. E/ R# x+ e) ]3 Q. h( U+ D" {! V/ ?- ?- _: h2 U- W0 V: z
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. % @- c5 ]4 J3 @4 k7 `* s ) ^& [( U& C, c) Y, H; }0 b- p& xComing 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.3 a) f7 v- n5 Z7 M3 S) \3 ]
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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. 9 U6 e6 o- c: ^1 i# g0 L5 n 6 W/ q t" @$ ~+ H+ ~6 H3 xChina'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.6 Q5 ]: i: R( W
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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. 7 p3 y6 r# H2 q2 ` 5 p$ k! E+ U0 v9 Z6 \The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 N- X" w' t: t A
( n6 Y' P+ D, V5 u5 X" oAn 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.” + a; }9 p9 D1 c2 j R) q# U ' L* J" s* B4 A0 _' KThe 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.- m: F0 F3 T7 [& @. j' j
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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.7 h# l9 a! m: ]- J9 ]; t
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