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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。% F4 ]; c% s- X: r2 k( f
( @" o% ]/ A2 |5 F$ A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: B7 d9 z) z+ O+ b
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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。 + E5 A3 w$ z, ?+ j$ h2 K6 |+ i% ~' D ( v0 t# R# x- Q' q6 |4 u
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. z. m% Q: ]5 P; Z. e( 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。7 J! M" J( ?2 v1 u
+ I7 _; C( G3 a' w P" L M9 A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。 + P$ E+ F. y4 x9 S- | 7 a8 O1 _- W; J1 J- y8 e; Z7 q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”。 6 @9 B% J: {( S. M6 ]! t0 T1 u/ K- ]' Y- I3 o
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 V1 y* T9 T3 `. k4 S5 n( n # n9 l! S3 t# o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。0 R7 q. e0 G" H# _" h
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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。6 H' n; p- x" w
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' S( _0 g. f6 w
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ W/ a$ D9 o- k/ C5 z
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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./ p( { }2 T) h0 b1 q
+ {: b* P# C# V9 r2 h# TGovernment 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. " I" ], m, Z1 a4 }. Z) S# p 2 C- i3 ] m7 x, |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. 4 J* j7 W; r/ D$ g7 A- ~ / d- A! Q5 J3 i# X2 U: bThe 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 _: K7 r, S6 P0 c( p C$ _3 b e5 m' I- b V, t
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. 4 J6 M4 g0 T) _* u4 z/ f& B3 N: } $ N3 Y* Q! \) t5 t' i. K* t1 K/ WThe 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.: n N( ^! r0 H( u. i( @
( [+ g9 i6 ?/ ~" J, L; P ^- M1 QThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + d9 c4 S! t E$ i9 W9 D6 e4 w- i+ ]1 z
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.” 8 r" q* o7 ^4 n4 |0 ^8 ~/ K4 ^0 I, a; x7 T8 _! q7 ?$ Y7 D
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. ' n% i# N: Y9 K/ `7 Y$ r, c& R4 g( S1 P) O; e
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. 2 `3 b# R% X( n, `, Q( I' K5 @: [$ }% B9 x. ^
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