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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。$ Y1 P6 r& x+ v
! }, I" t/ M; k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。 ; v6 D& P1 X" p! ]( D6 y @8 \! t, h3 l" v$ p
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。( ?" H) E6 O# V3 N" L. J; l
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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。4 H: k1 f: R# Y
: K- o- R* c0 a) A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。 % d/ R+ B; \- S $ X- E x! l" I- B$ t& W+ W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。 * i5 b9 X/ l! s! ]6 d5 l. N! I0 w; K9 A+ e
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 M# c3 b' q2 I) D8 {4 g4 ]! g
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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 @8 [, O' ?! t# V1 J1 m3 f
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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* d5 e: r/ \) D7 f% s: M: T6 D `5 B' R2 ~
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。 ) [& Y6 D( a/ `7 d+ L9 J. p/ t! k( Z1 O; j9 _( |
; ?7 O9 O# }' e6 QBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , F" t& j3 J h h4 Z$ e
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 & t4 j, C8 m# r) m% S4 t
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / h5 M; ~' Q! _8 c6 F7 \' \ + E1 g z* t6 ^; d1 r/ `( dChina 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. 9 g) T" t4 i D9 v( k; c0 t: g+ F0 T& S6 b9 l, o& B% K4 J
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. 7 F# m% S6 z* `: K. b8 _% e7 [) \" X: p9 b9 }% L' c% k* e m* C+ ^; z
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. : x$ y2 M" ~' B7 e6 z* l# I, C6 {1 T 8 i4 I# p! \; b0 F1 s$ UThe 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, O; B3 n. N$ E) p+ |" w% l" M0 S7 z1 x
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. ) n' A; J# L: j# i4 n$ V/ o: r: i6 U0 v& {7 e& g
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.2 d5 Y9 u! ]9 p" P
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. b$ q: j7 p3 B4 e! M7 V5 g
* f2 ` D2 P0 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.”: H, K6 j; c9 `9 V' S) W& J8 z2 x6 w
2 t2 S( W' 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.) y" `$ x, x5 Y* X6 D' _0 k$ E/ y+ _
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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.) a2 O$ o9 l. [1 ]0 i' _
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