' s9 v( g: h+ [% k U2 d y) e3 N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 d) t; k/ r2 W$ M6 e) u1 s/ e: C
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。' b# `1 |- o! b- a! T
0 x: _0 N( h( V! Z3 G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。 , y; _9 {. y" _# I * w! O" d# C7 D7 ?( h6 J T8 l
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 g$ A U' U, `
+ W+ X+ y! P" P( Y$ Q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。 : m; v, l2 R8 f S" { ) d( `/ I) Y6 q# j4 c1 k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。 . ?5 R2 l* U6 X; O% _ ! R/ g) m# y4 o) ?# w0 V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”。 3 h5 m5 j# V* H, h0 N( I) c- E
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 v7 b0 W. [4 i. X5 P6 w
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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。 : B( [( x0 l q9 r0 w) E2 N3 J: T/ N. ~% L+ h
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。 , E+ c, N$ j/ t5 R1 p6 T" U, ?1 R* I6 H' a- N0 n" E
( | y6 v* z$ _1 h7 U* S# u$ SBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 I: e' z% }$ u9 SWednesday, June 27, 2007 , _9 h& s$ x. ? ( l: s$ D5 K; s$ S1 W2 v . F+ ], y2 a; o2 U8 NBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 j7 H! s& z) T" G4 s. x
- T8 F/ e, o; z0 zChina 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. 6 }$ _1 t- ]# @0 t! j $ b- |+ `. {6 ]" t! LGovernment 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./ r) d" J/ {9 @ Y- V4 U4 v1 E
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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. ! a; X: V9 Z( {: U7 S# f1 H/ Q* o |& l3 E0 D
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. 0 i" e: O/ _: a. h+ c { / ]3 \- N+ V) o2 ?6 m# g6 TChina'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.5 l3 X; ^/ J" [" v* x% j( R
, H5 D, X6 t' j; A9 IThe 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. 8 I: V* Y- b1 y6 S # k) _0 A3 o7 ~2 W L/ N& J- d ~' D7 BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . u+ S+ D" L5 Z ?, @. ? 2 t" N* O" K: |9 ]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.”& k$ G) F- ^5 g8 U5 f2 W
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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.% p' r* \; M b1 \6 L0 d6 P2 \( w8 g
, D8 N7 g; Z2 iThe 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.6 t' G8 h" F$ F7 r3 o! u. q
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