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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。$ ^# } v6 q# }' K; }" f7 w
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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。 " W; G4 ^- |( ~8 E; o9 x , A% { d; ]6 W: l1 |4 ~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。$ v0 _& M5 v" q7 m: z, S' K' Z
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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。' ~! }. Q$ x0 t3 S3 B$ v
$ t9 ?* N" }1 l1 u2 U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。$ o! e/ B" e3 i
. D* X" Q9 ^ y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。" g9 w Y x4 M* d: v$ j% I
. g! h+ K& p* _/ n/ ]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”。 . _. P9 |/ ]: Y1 P a/ h% ~0 t7 n0 R% ^3 Z
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。”- z0 M: o. t2 W/ m
& L4 {7 R. Y0 i6 ^5 }: c. L! |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。 ( ^! E7 ]! h) k3 E 2 H" ^* k1 ]2 n8 g8 Q( _$ e0 ~& Y# S' a4 @) Q; v: H
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai G2 Q' T- {1 X5 G& U' nWednesday, June 27, 2007 & G# |1 u# W! s+ r9 q + j# k' x6 ]' {1 w$ M3 r4 s+ h( M1 m + T* B2 z$ M; {2 ~! BBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * B- \' q( u( L9 i$ H+ ], b8 j, Z! Y# _# ]2 E* r
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.+ C6 c4 ^0 G9 {( C8 P$ @7 V9 `
3 ^( z: j3 ?$ B; \) _5 |* kGovernment 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. ' p& E7 K1 T- I- o1 M! I1 Z9 E/ w8 K2 c( p# \; O/ y( F; F# K
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." ?3 r+ \! ~& v) z
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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.6 i6 m$ n3 M- K0 T) F
5 p" H! Z2 `, o" |/ E% e8 A, CThe 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.* ], L0 k0 @; N
. b2 w. s. x$ t2 T+ M$ X- U; K1 F7 jThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 9 m U0 s- W' p8 ], |1 w! ` n3 l% Y) n2 W
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.”0 U4 H7 z8 Z ^, H& 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.$ j3 E4 |0 {( K5 Q& [- [
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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. $ M% h9 N# n) H. @! q$ @9 d3 j# E9 B! B& S: w! E
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