; P, y1 t S+ z3 ]( I8 k; I0 Y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。& h$ q4 m( a' V% G$ F2 f
5 g& E- K4 v4 c6 n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。 " i, f% P. Y3 I" n0 c8 r0 B, {0 m5 V % P4 M, M3 ~8 q) u- X! l b! e9 F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。 ( Y4 V9 r- j7 X z- x5 g* V $ V! X% k3 [+ s
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。 % {0 m1 r5 U' ^: m4 W7 S( r( Z* p1 S6 E1 g& e
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。 7 h1 D# c* H; c9 z; _1 A o7 X + A+ A: G% @0 S$ G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。* @( G( h5 J! K& V) J
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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”。" k6 E& E: E, x4 A$ A
- o' u$ U$ }. ~# a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。”$ x) I. g9 r- z( O, ]
9 ^0 u2 j/ T- R* _6 z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。 8 E0 E7 c8 n/ M3 M B; u3 B. {5 J9 E0 [) j$ y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 ]2 p0 N# L7 u [/ T* V / I% V9 v3 i( O4 k6 E' j# W- f1 a% y# i8 u! N5 _$ d- t
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 ]/ v, p. A) DWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) O- i+ w: i. c- _1 P( C l% a- z 3 n2 j8 T$ A; b; r& Y: f$ } " R- q2 B) f7 r* l9 l* yBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ s& g, @1 f+ B3 H: k$ M
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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. . G! W/ v2 r( {6 H/ ~- S$ q" d % X& K. J# w& C) E z9 Q6 }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.& [" q5 J6 u! {# B# a9 V
7 }1 G& q7 s' B* g: sComing 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. + o( x4 ^) x% h K3 H/ }: k: g) CThe 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.7 C$ N3 ] Q3 i3 K. e$ i" P. b
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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. " n, W( Y" K6 |0 L O* ~# J# y* a- V5 q y. s" i
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. 9 Z& P3 v: o5 u+ a1 Y3 l8 \$ D" C9 @0 h/ y& _- Z
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.3 J) v1 [ g. F# w
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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.” * \+ }% H# Y. X7 @; ^. J! N ' H5 K+ p5 D0 F4 H7 n/ UThe 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. k$ @ u# B6 V+ ]) ^ / i$ `1 ?' @8 Z; sThe 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 Q: p B1 `' Q2 `( G' A8 M) q . `+ x$ c+ p( y+ [3 t* C0 K) b " w9 b9 d" G+ b8 \8 R( D- }. F o. u" T, \# }$ C* L* q1 }
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