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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。4 K- B- `; Z- `; a6 J9 ~, g" `/ g" T
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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。 d, |4 M0 Y* w6 y! o$ X n
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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。 6 h6 q) D c# D, S 8 W6 |$ S! n; I$ W" X0 o, p3 B' k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 ]( t" u* }# j" o) d
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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。8 f5 c, U0 `0 Y4 A4 Y7 Y
8 ]+ `2 r% D2 o, }( D3 e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。 ! z( U0 {+ z6 m& M# s- ^: g* S6 A4 t/ S8 P
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”。! F4 ]) b5 G6 W9 a; T6 Z
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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。”/ D- C9 i$ ~: j) k2 | ?) o
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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。 . E: o, A% d% |7 p' b% Y5 i& l( X; W3 w+ O
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。 5 u" Z7 \6 ^2 I6 \0 x 1 u. O I5 @! S4 r1 [7 U5 P- f9 w! F& _. {5 W2 ?
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , i" P: W. `+ Y
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION! t. N, l+ d( j& @# e" }# h; C
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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. " E( X) a( k" ]! @ - i3 T x0 e: CGovernment 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.: h. C0 r4 ?8 ^3 w
5 A$ \3 C9 V, o8 f0 o2 uComing 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.! s$ K4 ]- \1 \( ]+ ?1 E
3 p; I7 G, b8 Q4 g$ C& f5 Y; Y7 XThe 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.# _3 l& N* L5 |) N+ j# ^* s% x
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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. : v) @9 N- T( g. B( J, F O) g, e5 [' h) v5 u! @! V7 Y
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.; c( W1 k# i! w* d8 s- Z
5 S$ e0 i# d: ~0 q$ GThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. a a& I0 p% F5 O& ~
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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.” a8 @& U7 t3 m0 m% u' E+ Q+ O 1 n5 d8 S- |+ C- {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.$ A4 _# [5 b0 f+ B; I
' g& |* G/ J# d% @2 n# N; PThe 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.% a8 r9 m3 |+ H- W0 `/ Q
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