! o; n2 j5 v+ n' e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。2 {$ v v! w( S) C
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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。 * s: H" Q. n2 u0 ?' [ ) [9 q6 i2 J( 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。- s4 C1 }) f* S8 y! X( h3 _2 L4 @
" K0 k$ b( i+ E/ ]& M$ t6 ]' `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。 0 P$ O" S% d$ Q* F9 u$ o2 Z/ ?/ j4 P0 O Z# }5 Y, 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。 2 X d5 b' y& v b: n8 m) s: \& t" I6 x
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 ~" Y7 O3 D0 [( L
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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。” : A* y& l: ^& c( O) L* m- d6 p8 h4 f& P( c
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。, A1 B" K5 S; _2 E) \6 H. i4 [# L8 I
: j d- ~9 m6 X, t2 ]4 |# x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。 / V: @' S7 u1 X+ e% W7 D 7 d3 G1 t* w0 [8 w& m; H& @ % Q6 q: I7 [4 t% x& @' oBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % L) n- M A. H- {7 y
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+ V0 P# U' | L$ FBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION , J- j# D* G1 j) I) Y" H0 c% j$ }6 k
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. + m8 ~" U ?: \2 ]" A $ v. h% n4 t7 Q. J- u8 EGovernment 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 S0 Z" `) L, S N4 h , Q, Y1 A- u* W8 z3 H4 C* O; TComing 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. $ V3 g( p; H- Y W9 o2 }/ b- h9 B/ i- v d6 r& i. I, d* G: i/ K
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 F" R% g$ v0 ?. a& ~4 T+ ]( _7 O8 f
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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. . c' d$ c7 N" V6 } 8 |8 w9 O4 v& M& |9 A& {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." X1 V; k% s% T( H& G4 A: |
8 Y1 N. j. S* D( T$ o7 zThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. , V8 }+ f ^5 a, E 2 E- F7 m/ Z: F7 k* {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.”9 `; F9 t) w) X/ s3 a2 g* \) S: o
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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.3 V# L- |" t* i! n
: h B6 b; m( G1 u1 xThe 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 F; s t: b. X0 |
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