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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。 % Q8 [4 D: X* U/ e* V+ V8 ]2 f4 j: D. r2 ^
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。 9 H7 g7 [& v$ X6 K' k; H. ~/ V" P
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。 8 S9 ?/ \0 c& h/ m & P0 w2 O+ Z' O
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。9 C) H! K4 B6 N# z2 A+ ~
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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。$ A. T! u( @6 \: D" h
3 O' n, {* b$ V2 h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。0 j4 u# }& o0 E) ?+ t1 x
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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”。 + c4 q4 m6 k$ y+ X& A% j' t3 C" H5 @( S$ \9 d f9 H6 x
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。”/ J N" s. Q% T- t
+ W' d3 A2 S) U. S/ e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 X* ?1 i$ Y. F, b8 |
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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。 + y3 q$ y! b0 R ]" D* U. X/ K( H
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! |+ B6 _2 v+ i; l1 {3 o9 XWednesday, June 27, 2007 " x8 M. r8 A0 z2 X. E o. E" N
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION+ L1 G. [4 G, C
% D1 n6 s; X: L- oChina 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.& [7 c- F& d7 F2 x& G
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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. 3 d" t1 F3 N) Q& a8 Y. q7 \0 b( v6 U7 b) K6 n( d
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.8 x8 e# e# c1 V
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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. 9 W$ `' f; w+ r+ y# Q9 z* l' x$ j1 a6 G
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. ! r* G+ i& f; ^ 0 U7 s4 N1 V6 K1 M- _; ^! [4 _9 u" pThe 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. 7 h5 X8 m0 i/ Q6 `2 b9 T9 \+ Q4 n7 j4 X2 y! p1 w
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ b9 g* m8 C" n- u* {2 i7 v; J. v
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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.”! c: N; ^7 Z w0 L" u, V3 u
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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. ) F$ `% S1 k; X1 E; R' ] 7 x7 y& a0 i& VThe 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. $ }$ a) A& d& T: v6 s) L9 b: t6 [# R/ H+ K$ n7 T
