/ x1 q3 h/ B/ n( i' l0 c3 s2 q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。 * |/ ]3 |9 Q( _ s, @: \4 ~) z: W- y1 l8 O; @# l6 x' G4 ?" b+ 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。4 T" ]" p, V" R+ y
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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。 + _" P( y# C0 n9 i 4 r U7 Z) P0 I5 L+ y# ?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。 , q4 V( z' s/ C$ o5 H* W6 q- N0 G* u% y1 M. k
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。6 K' C3 ~ h# D! M) ]8 L, V4 t
$ t% N, T' u, R# F- d6 `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。 ) Q# N {# K# t! E4 `! [6 X- j, n+ y2 h0 T
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”。 ( I) B6 b* Y7 ~8 P% R* c 6 T8 S) [% C# V) s: b0 L) x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。”% H$ E# ]4 t' r; F% W
9 V& V" I- a5 `& I5 i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 s+ y% ^2 K4 [6 j" Y- y2 b. {# `( i' |2 d1 r
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。 : c$ B2 \7 @. v& g" t, }4 I2 X6 Q
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 q- e9 b) T5 }' P* A4 Z ~4 aWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) |7 |& b& u" k. P3 j$ k 3 V% }# e$ W; U 2 Z4 c) l9 ?/ d$ i2 j* u' oBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 n$ {5 _& k3 w+ ]
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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. o$ E5 A; d/ z2 T# B, }) ^2 H! [* m0 ~8 D% T7 M8 c2 C/ v
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.3 i- f6 W. c7 H- {
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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.; H& r, X* u1 p) F% P6 ]
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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. $ M* t; w9 u4 I0 P% X! t # ^" d, i9 @0 e' 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. 2 M1 N$ q# K+ ~# C- L& A( C( r) f3 [: I0 l t
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' b7 T! W% X+ r: Z0 Y) Q! Q/ x& J
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.”% x% C" R" t) F
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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.3 L* l8 f! i: }. h/ N6 }6 T) P
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