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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。 ' D) [: b+ Z) L 5 u' L; F' ?# G# ?5 G2 v& O' I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。 & k) M* B7 I3 [- e! A) { 9 }$ B* b. a3 N# U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。) ?, d/ s5 T* d6 |; ~0 K
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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。5 R1 ?6 ^: K: v2 }
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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。* s: y! I- p- q9 {
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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。6 B$ }% |% f% X6 L# N3 v
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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”。 / m9 R# r; K7 R7 m& O; m( M* P: w E7 \
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。” ( C+ y- `6 d6 \; c* q( L$ |7 D j' B" X5 @; S% |
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。/ ], b3 ?- j* e. f
7 V W0 r# R2 I2 E$ W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。 2 E: S- Y' W' Q' P t4 E! ~2 Q+ i2 k$ R" [9 c4 v4 i8 h- u
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . ?$ G! c+ v- L, d
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; D/ K# e a6 z/ v' n' h
, R% b) t* x' EChina 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.& L* u8 w; J- s, v% z8 \
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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. # _! X; u; D% m0 Z: s1 }# S6 o! ] F( i |: z8 U
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. 7 H8 M+ Z) n1 j, g1 M+ ?! {: Z6 s ( s9 a0 b6 x5 b1 u4 mThe 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.* N8 i, H) @- \, V6 B. a( I
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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. : U+ o" P: D9 R {1 {8 S) F. q4 n; h3 n2 `
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.0 N3 X4 ^* j( D7 {3 t
3 C" a* v- a* V. a8 JThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 0 h0 y8 b' [) z0 M8 T 4 G1 X8 F0 Y+ C" L& ^: S' S. qAn 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.” 4 [- L4 Q% Z$ g5 D4 ~! T/ a) x% D9 w( u- F* J0 P, Q0 R- m) S r; N
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.8 m6 W4 Y* l8 \" u
% H! J7 |" A0 Y" v5 C: R0 CThe 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." y* K+ P; d4 |* w& Q
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