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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。 " ~+ c0 a! _' `: a) G# c% g8 L e0 f( ?2 g1 {9 S& e1 D
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。 $ x' d& T0 g4 l 4 {% B3 O7 [; X. P0 V$ q0 H0 `* n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。 p/ j3 A, h% S4 b2 r- B/ z! E) n
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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。2 U+ N. S6 X9 h/ V5 [
" y" s/ x% n! V V7 j) B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。 / Z. q! B6 C, J5 {+ M 5 O: b: ], O9 `! _- t0 w# @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。% @" o/ ~& G; h3 ^5 B
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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”。% I+ m6 A. u" P$ Z8 I& A
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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。”$ i/ F& U0 d) X" x) ~
2 e4 v: q' E5 `* ~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。 + l. o7 b! T# ], J( [" N' B5 F7 R* } Q
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。 9 T+ H5 l0 [ N% @9 d( `8 u. k. Q8 z4 C9 c- J3 u/ O0 y4 y0 P
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + a# X: U' N; X( T5 ~/ X% kWednesday, June 27, 2007 % p7 Q. z$ F1 X6 O6 K% w
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 j% j4 ?# p3 u* e
/ u5 W0 Y) F4 I2 M KChina 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. & @0 q/ B8 p6 k0 |7 Y) l% ~. E3 ^ g5 B# G/ F2 Y3 Q5 A
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. ( P1 z9 Z- C, D! T$ x ; d0 l8 |8 O/ m$ gComing 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.: }! k3 Z2 w- z. y/ O
' f1 a4 S) l9 F% \* TThe 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., N7 H9 s4 i* N4 X" C6 R
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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. 8 Z1 g ^+ M. m* I( X- [# p1 q1 `4 G) X
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.3 i# M0 B: _% H/ A; R7 V3 E
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' l/ H* O/ @# a# W- O! d" T$ V) o8 s+ w; L
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.”; X! F C9 d! X) A
( I: a- A5 g6 B& pThe 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. 3 Q$ t. Q; S7 f5 h 6 k9 j: ~4 q0 ~9 v) t% cThe 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. % P' j3 J; s' p0 ]1 ~7 C- Z: {( c4 Z1 h- M7 J! ]0 m9 d: a
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