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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。 ' ?6 @) n6 \( _" P& L* H; H& J+ z2 R7 N c4 Z8 x* e Z
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。( V7 {+ M+ L9 G( Q+ d4 P
" W: q9 w" {1 Q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。 3 a' X$ t4 f$ {6 o 7 m1 Z& E1 _- ], H+ J+ w. q, x5 E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。7 \4 d! m( o/ f0 k7 Z3 ^9 o
9 U% ?% c# j6 ^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 E0 i" ?) ^' a4 |; O
! g! k" P( c/ V" I; J$ {* I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。 ; R! ?" p' P M6 U2 i/ K1 C" C/ n7 U% i" c
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”。 6 C" g5 O2 ]7 @. h5 ^4 _ / _3 ?1 u. J/ k {. E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+ s6 L! }' Z0 ]
) B! E, r8 M2 i# z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。 % B6 a) W! S# V+ k' O1 X8 D; v6 J ^$ l+ 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。 & S9 p! |, t' g$ ^: t: S F0 L0 e# X4 Z
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! f6 W6 h" z. [ c/ ]2 SWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 v8 P! C3 |/ q+ H5 b
' P) o2 P; v5 p. J 8 B+ y& a! r/ NBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ j8 V! W: c# P4 u9 R$ ?9 \
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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. 7 d# G; z7 q% V* _5 ^9 f. Y$ g) ~, y M# H! Z) J) W, c: v
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. 3 J( M! z6 ]* e* C6 _1 Q6 u A8 X* z$ Q! E
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.2 i$ x! C# ^4 E
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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. 7 y+ B+ f; K: w: Z' q, u2 L5 P : i0 n0 j0 z- E) ]& bChina'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. # l+ x8 a4 l; G( |4 I {$ }# M- |9 I* [: ?
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.! S8 M- `4 _2 f& `+ c8 ]; P& l
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + K, W9 M x7 `; D. s* _/ e5 S, Y* N" P! L9 u, k. b
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.”/ Y% ?+ T2 @/ T4 {+ X
; A) H- b. U/ p+ i5 N: _/ wThe 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.: U( J! {& L2 h6 e
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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.1 \1 ~6 z- v% ]' Z4 j0 ]( U- z
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