- g' I) Y( F' v$ W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。 / v$ `/ S, x$ l) O1 q' {0 `9 `! M% n/ P6 }# p. t$ v$ j
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。 . z2 V% y9 k$ D! v K* R, O: k/ N! m) O ~6 C0 e9 S2 f
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。. E3 b7 M6 j0 x! F
. @3 Z+ O1 n" B4 v$ n X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。 , v+ z |# L; _+ c5 u 5 P% w( S' {* ~4 |$ E, Z$ }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。9 P; X' s. g* Z1 V- d2 f0 R" _. Q8 {
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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。 . J5 g0 x5 h4 ^# E - V0 s1 y9 Q; v1 g) @5 H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”。 f/ ^& e0 z+ h. R; P! H7 u
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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。 5 W0 I, J- d- R' e: z 0 Z8 @3 Z- |# \! Q, j8 Z. S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。8 j7 B& r: B! L0 \. d, e% Y
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : ?" h% Y$ o9 z( G O" C" VWednesday, June 27, 2007 ; e8 `, o4 V: W% C8 C3 t' A( O
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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.$ O& s1 S& L, J8 C$ f2 J$ v/ Z
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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. ) u' h+ L3 ]5 g8 Y . B% w8 f8 I3 g; a7 n& oComing 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.6 g0 K E& s) n; [
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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. 4 c5 J& b$ C( J* K1 ? ! H# N5 w3 j8 }' p0 R. v5 HChina'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. ! F; k+ e9 s) F7 X& N) Z4 a7 T1 m ! k2 }2 b; m& f; o2 k6 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. - `; W# L# j! a! f 0 _. X( B# k' ?! |& h" FThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- l* ]1 K! ~% A( Z' Y/ M0 ^
" G+ [3 ~0 Z5 {! U0 z: W7 [ OAn 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.” 1 p' U2 T1 k: m# }/ n) ?; }# L& t! t# ?( z5 ^; i, _" K6 |/ O
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. * z: G* O4 m7 ~, u- w" h' u- K; w! g5 ~
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.8 z3 X: E+ j6 Y+ C. E
