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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。+ U0 s" n4 M6 T* { g
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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。 7 @" q) h! L- b/ {7 O% W" J2 Q4 q8 v. t$ U( ~3 L
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。$ n! c# [' M+ w+ z
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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。& x& {: H3 `9 e% }
9 d; ?' |! `0 K A5 A3 e2 ^+ y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。 I& g$ t6 Z. K! e0 @! D
- O/ i2 M1 z8 O/ g" h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。0 d" Q2 o' t5 H" x
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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”。* M7 `7 O5 Y E' Y# r7 a- S* g* C4 l
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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。” 0 N% G/ x& T$ q l' } " V' y: ~+ g; u, b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。 $ Z2 t J6 d! ~+ R4 m9 u0 d+ n* J
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。9 ]5 f; H) C% e" u1 |
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/ e Z* g1 \; a- aBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 p1 O+ r& [, y b- n. B: D
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - t" B2 U' H- |. H) G* T C; M6 v/ U7 C% l/ H
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ' L7 _' ]! u* U) M' Z' x: K/ V1 F0 P8 l- k8 w
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.8 ^& o3 x( r- z& O
3 t: _- c! a! s( |* fGovernment 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.( W+ m( z9 U5 ]
) m$ m* c8 o' u! B) o3 f' k% _2 }$ cComing 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.; X' Z# E! P& y, p) L- C
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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./ l4 _( a2 R% T! B. c
: H" H C1 T+ H! x7 F! 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. 6 M# @$ s; m& b 9 Q2 T- H, x3 }( C9 C& L, `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.4 A4 r, `/ e- }1 y/ J4 O
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- S6 B/ i$ w* z g6 H0 u* y
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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.”; e7 Z& J M3 C/ g
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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. ' R" F! o! {. x6 f8 c( x5 `( J! _ y: q- E& W8 E
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.) L! h7 U+ i0 U' C9 @! V
