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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。/ K& }; X# A7 ^" q c
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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。 9 z, a6 B: k. J3 ] ; Y9 {' u+ u" K& i( X& 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。 / Q5 k$ m% H8 m) u$ W+ D0 o 0 z# ~# G( D: F7 Q
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。+ S3 B$ c: D6 i* F
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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。 0 j. r, a" i& z1 F3 e! V ( [- i- o2 |6 u, z% t x+ `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。 1 C6 i" G! {: M3 O1 w7 g5 U/ M/ Y; x
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”。' _) y" L4 ^5 |& r
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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。”% y& }3 v7 Y; ~
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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。9 Y8 a0 n1 ^$ x1 x4 A6 R
- K; p- M0 C0 F3 g0 n) [' M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。% B D3 d* V! g
2 D* W/ D, ?9 B 0 g& q: Z3 x, w. k$ r7 [By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + j V8 ~8 ~) v2 w; ?! D
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! m# |9 a$ l1 p9 J
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 S! \2 T( Y Y$ G9 ]7 i" T
& k: m' A6 R: s# J. WChina 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. 5 a' }7 t( G8 h- {0 A/ o4 ~1 X& n9 A3 Y, B
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. ! j3 P; K' a: l8 W9 ^# d+ |2 i ( V h' D% J( J* ?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.6 _ X; f' N5 @2 }. Q5 l
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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.8 h& L6 w2 G2 Z+ G
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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.& I; v; K& Z) p/ h9 x0 @
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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.* ^' t, L( N# m2 T7 l: g3 a$ 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”. ) P$ _" A: O7 E ^! a) Y4 Y% g2 c. E. S$ p+ D. ]; f
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.”# B; v. U" t# M. x8 g' M& W
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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.. ~8 R& o0 W% s: l! G
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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.0 V$ l# t6 Q" b' \. u
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Financial Times
