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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% O J' d: R6 \% i6 L) P* B
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。9 K" z) |0 ~ q" h# D$ G2 n
3 n% [2 | o2 |* b7 q( J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。 2 U, U) O' s0 I5 M ) _3 V' q( ]7 R+ N
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。 / Z- T' V, H: [; t" _' {* Q 7 _2 Q6 ~6 v% L( t! I2 x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。 ) y, i2 l" j! k l + l% ~. b6 u6 v, `1 h! _' b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。. H: Z, U+ j2 v3 H
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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”。" ~& k- C4 ]$ r, C1 F& f K! |
9 [+ Q; F, c5 `: J' v# \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。”7 }7 o) W7 T5 b& z5 B( ?
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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 v. b- p' [
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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。 7 p! V0 Y+ z4 @% N! Z. W- J# s# Z/ O3 M* V/ i7 `
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . w. k7 { G& t
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ; Y% c/ F0 N" z- C# ?0 i
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* E5 m. T- C* s: Z% I. A6 w* TBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION : f+ i' I+ }( c; b- R; O8 j2 T- X% ?5 m' i0 X" _
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.1 Q$ ^% f9 Y( q( Q
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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. 4 U( `5 I: w7 b7 V+ } X0 Y! U6 [, K7 i7 K3 z- A
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. & G* v: w8 L1 c+ T- Q6 i % \) Q, `. W4 k' \* R) FThe 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. # b: S- C4 b# @! b) e3 A( N' H) o! {6 c
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. 6 f* h' W0 _# ^4 S. G4 @5 j9 k. A5 F9 X. T4 a
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.* ?$ C4 z# f7 f( D8 T) Z
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 x& Z4 b3 K9 D5 j& b) d) x. W6 y* q0 W, U: l
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.”2 D% _* ]+ i2 f# g8 c
C5 D8 D( j* R0 q+ @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.! d% n4 |+ c( M; @. x4 z
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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. 9 v. ^+ H# e! _' `0 r . H6 o, ^. Y" w1 h, o8 ^2 b$ H$ }% `' M$ r, `0 ^
