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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。 6 T) @0 w+ r* K/ x: U! F. A! m8 Z* ]( q* U/ I% Z5 ]- 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。 G% `; k: \4 u2 M- a r) B. @7 h I: R* L1 ?; y5 e, r: O% a
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。" M. \! \6 l1 `5 k1 p
5 e$ q- ~) S9 a& Y6 a& W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。 + T, A+ j$ C- o* O4 U( Q' P# _. z( ^" {" p
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。 D. {3 y5 W& _+ P6 a/ C+ {* c% a6 e: v! f
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。 * k5 p8 a* L. K ( z0 j; `+ j: n# \2 Z5 M; `1 ~8 G& T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”。& S: |3 n$ s+ V
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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。” 3 p/ b A3 F8 ]' f5 q. {: G1 m - S' Y1 V2 u3 n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。6 j/ y; n( [# _/ x+ n3 I6 b1 k
" ]: v* G: i/ @! D' 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 n* |5 l( @: o7 c5 n1 w5 a* i
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 I. }! w4 b# x8 F
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION) H0 ?& A4 _- s
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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. + D1 R% j% v" q/ r% I1 @ $ U$ r7 \! S! fGovernment 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. ( Y6 R& d, h% Z5 Z) ~/ o' y. O, g$ N3 w1 o$ w# n* 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. # h1 r0 c1 w, N' B. S* u) |7 m# E! v2 O7 V7 {
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. " H6 B) ^7 W% n & t- l$ k) ^' j9 G/ }0 h- ~( uChina'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. % i3 c$ @2 r; ]9 D* C, d+ U3 S 3 | {8 V. z, Y# u3 A6 sThe 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. " k0 d: k" O) _) J) w0 C: o4 y( L( n + F) N7 ^" _& K$ vThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.2 N/ I4 N% ?# o" ^* E, ?' N
# w9 w0 k8 |# v& uAn 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.”( A' J7 m: J- O* E0 B I
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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. 5 v* H9 g8 p7 V4 m9 |0 E& \+ ?0 Y: }% {' {
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. . m6 J* g$ ?6 ^& C; {9 T6 _6 K$ d) j' y+ y a
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