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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。% D8 X& B( U% _" ]7 x" ?' e" o
" h# l. ?/ D7 w9 n; M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。 . D+ V! i7 G6 r/ w- C6 a " r2 Q' S8 |& t" h$ [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。0 @9 [3 r2 \' w E, x: @' S
, v( _' W' \& n; S& o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。, F& z3 x% H: p1 H( @
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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。 . z0 @* m. Y6 Y* I6 ^4 k! h/ E( s" Y, B" E+ t- M
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。3 h9 T, [; Q9 Q
0 O9 {, G L- d5 n7 |& K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”。 ' J/ W; Q2 h- J8 [0 d . u. e1 T8 _( I# m% J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。” / H9 [: R. a! ? 9 h: S3 ]$ P" s) \) y+ }$ O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。 4 v% ~( O* W. o9 R9 ^+ ?6 k0 o; G6 B( A) i ?+ M
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。 # Y" B( n* }+ `9 g Z8 q3 h. u - ~+ s: R% P% j d9 W0 ^2 T2 S5 S9 {5 b$ Q: k# l$ v0 K
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( ~% _1 L; u% `/ p5 e4 j
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + w1 T R$ w* D0 Y2 `% X3 ]; \( J! P: a4 o x7 e- d% B
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.8 q# h) m7 b! v: Z, f; ?. ?
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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. 8 R0 h& R# I+ l2 C! j4 x 1 z; I6 r. v; ^+ VComing 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 k4 w* s/ v2 o7 q1 h" K2 b7 W5 ^. o$ H3 I! `9 | H% N
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. + d* |+ ?- m( F d& p7 O* O! z X& z' \% d
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.: o' O% y( E+ S- E' b2 Y
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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. % F7 J! I5 i" P4 T; p" W" M( y5 \4 l) L" |1 K+ u$ Z- P
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 [3 H( R" _, F5 v: V
# D, }4 t6 p; G/ kAn 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.” " `% M6 ^- k5 @2 m3 u ) T# a* v) r" v" H# i8 b F4 ]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.% G$ p2 h! j' o& @: G1 p' {
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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.4 s1 Q0 V8 J& h; ]! k
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