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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。, E( h1 h& D6 b1 h8 i% d0 [
; U+ l: @+ d) {5 D: p' t; O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。" r9 G) ?9 P9 h( B$ t! t o
. j- o1 }! l2 J; p4 E. z; E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。 6 H7 s4 a8 b0 s/ @ 3 s' T' j2 Y4 Z6 S. U7 r$ }: \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。7 `6 z* @( Q. A$ Y; t. _
. d8 r4 C8 M! P7 S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。 & W6 G+ G1 e: Z( [; r: w5 k3 } ) T, R G1 w- z& F( K* o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。/ I" `: j- D4 _. j) _$ g
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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”。 $ v/ o: M4 q9 u3 m- Y* W! m; @, B! Z: [- o- G
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。”, s$ r: I! g/ i4 k0 B7 H
4 u) ?- _& q, o% F r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。 - D9 Y. U f- s- a; Z* B9 |$ l4 d0 k/ h8 P: g) @- @
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 g4 A/ s0 \: m* u1 T
# h0 X. d0 V8 b% `) W 2 P% [" C. H4 S; I, [% PBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + R" ?, R* A B# n7 Y7 TWednesday, June 27, 2007 . Y' V/ H+ O0 O9 X& Q6 @- H. U( z/ z) k
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 q& `8 f$ I) f1 _- }3 N$ w" P
& i- B+ b$ Q; u* U. ] M% S9 i; S2 Q _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.& g3 i% }7 @% ^* u
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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. 7 l8 D! A9 B" {+ Z- y! N, G/ \% m * }$ |" ~8 u1 L* k0 ] f/ F# BComing 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.( K) e ~/ k' ]- J! k
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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.# l$ s" J) @- _
6 q1 }7 E4 ?& I( K: nChina'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. 1 m! Z! L/ K) E I; A) v8 D$ R) ~( K7 e3 r& 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. . {4 N( ]1 R9 i ' K% D3 i7 l3 @) E' h2 cThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' z, X" }4 r) d0 e. B
( J" a. Z6 X! K; zAn 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.” " G7 O& T% L7 i, w- x 1 I9 G' e! I' r8 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.' T: h& I0 f- j0 m
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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.* f0 U0 \: w$ n7 H2 P
; D! a7 R8 M- Z' L+ b% | 7 D8 v* d' X8 R3 i1 s0 C. U 4 q. ~# x" g# |" Y: F) Q1 J1 V0 R3 zFinancial Times
