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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。 8 V% \7 P9 q* }- v0 f+ G9 U% I% y3 c& u6 o1 h0 S. R
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, b X5 L: ]
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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。 5 M* @4 @, ~. R + o6 g# B9 Y8 `6 ]5 b L
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。 9 F+ Q4 \! a) m1 P! m* ^ 3 x6 u2 c- ]5 |7 a+ C/ P* ~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。 |5 D$ Q; E. l+ a, F
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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。 , o% P3 D9 w7 K6 S5 q. n. Z : ~& q6 U" C" S! _ @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”。 - ~ H( Z7 ]* N+ O4 F: {5 `/ _! k2 k; C 3 d0 ]1 M; J# B. g& S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。”& G3 \ H( u! G5 {
0 @& }- X+ {6 P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。 7 i" w, m4 O g8 x+ O: ?8 j/ b1 d: N u- k1 s5 [
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。 * l- `6 a& C" U' [2 |3 o1 m+ r9 g5 Y# K" }; V! m3 S& E
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 m( N9 s8 m. T) K! h% a. a& C
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION7 F. A* k) G# T7 B' H2 ?2 G
5 w( r6 E6 Q6 a* G2 Y' z: UChina 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. % ~9 L* \( D0 B8 t y / \3 @# K8 x& D9 |+ |" }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.$ d; a9 O9 N1 T, @# E; X7 j
4 a+ x) Y& `; M7 M+ J: KComing 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. 7 d2 X2 i3 z6 e3 d * j0 S1 V- H" H! f6 m9 W2 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.# T* t. m4 u3 g" o
% l" p' Y* t" v" c! G3 c5 b( DChina'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.6 m, [% g2 l8 i% C
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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. / P& B5 h' }: @+ z3 G! x/ y ' B& [1 ?3 X+ h" d ^3 g" H- ~7 [8 nThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.0 b/ O& u+ x/ @3 V8 Z \! c/ I
. r. H) ~: K, }; P$ s% _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.”2 N2 l$ S% V1 B3 A3 u
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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.2 U3 [$ k0 a$ }1 n/ n7 O
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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./ e4 E9 }, R8 G- d! g% [
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