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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。 ; c3 x# g0 s0 y8 i 6 B2 W1 l) r' m9 x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; m* [2 Q# g6 o8 d: K; ?# D% P" I. ^" b, w2 I
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。9 m; M! x) l D! E6 ^- }2 O9 g
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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。: l* M0 e( r7 \4 S: E! s3 k2 Q
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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( w, U% |$ ?1 e+ p9 Z; ? X# O: P' I6 v
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。' M: g- G- f; L7 B, ?
" q# P0 ?9 v1 g+ N' J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”。 - e: q! P, ^* M; R: H. ?* y$ d+ N% p
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。” 8 @# w: x; x# `! C" c! l* X $ r' T5 U9 N2 Q( s* X# E# h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。* U& I7 W N8 G* p
: o+ ?8 P- |. k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。4 m& {% d2 R! M [. T# l n
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$ h/ |) F* H. L, Y9 [* P: H; G7 _By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + {% ?( k5 M- ] X
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 $ ?& c1 b+ X+ x- f! Q ' G3 ^. ?4 T% L9 I7 }3 b, i. s3 s+ I
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& g3 K4 S2 r1 r. `7 D. P' T
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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.1 [( O/ R& c0 I* w3 \/ Y
) k- V7 x- g+ ^" N) ^2 mGovernment 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.6 o: I3 P1 u" C: Z6 k
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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.* n4 b D$ D3 N! W! j
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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.; o4 E5 X" d1 F1 g. h3 i
+ c- g% Y8 v% ]# X% OChina'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. 9 V6 v' A' F! V- }5 M- _ % r. ]1 W2 N" P+ C0 aThe 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.: M7 O ^. ~, u- M, f
+ _2 Z$ Z/ p J3 iThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 8 c7 L* A4 A$ A6 ]) B5 S2 L% b 6 b2 l: X M" N$ c D: E# J# |4 W' IAn 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 l7 K8 N& S
2 P5 O5 l/ [9 A* \7 ^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. + e' r. [* s% b* z ; B1 r. y) \& \* {: R4 Z# bThe 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. * S3 R w7 C2 I* ]5 D C7 @1 V3 S# J
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