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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。 s& a; P& c1 k ; R' Q( o. W( s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。) o, W) P: H+ M2 U2 r- m$ K
( o# G6 L3 b! a( n E/ D4 b5 e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。8 ^3 E, v7 o. q# T# |
8 m# `1 v8 u: P, h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。$ e+ v7 k( `7 i
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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。6 i/ S$ s2 H, I6 o4 {
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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。! | Y/ {' M- F/ v1 p8 R& |9 u0 Z! c% C
) w! Q1 L2 c: |4 J2 e' W! L. l' I! m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”。! M% {7 h+ k$ Z* o4 O! D
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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。”% v8 h1 Q$ h, _
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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。% \. t3 e1 p# L( ~+ R2 U8 j
6 O) ?5 @; m& r5 L. K d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。) X# c9 k# u9 o/ w+ U9 `8 z
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* C3 f+ L" I3 S6 FBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 N% c0 v' _8 ~* {0 FWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 |8 @* _9 c) k
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1 O1 U" y6 r& w# @2 ^0 N% GBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 s3 a$ [/ h/ {6 e3 S" K+ i
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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.: H/ _& d7 p7 F+ E
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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. 0 w3 l0 p1 V2 B0 `/ i; {3 w4 R' M4 k: U ' ?9 M7 u: w0 }) jThe 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.) h# S3 l8 X2 ]1 _) y
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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. 8 e0 W9 P' \7 r/ R$ h! w) U+ g E. F- J$ r* \
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. ! a8 H9 E4 y& H ' l+ c, ?0 @+ C* l0 l2 tThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . L3 _2 J6 z) f6 \7 X& v1 @* M9 e n O7 u$ d
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.” ! ]( d. l( z( M / [$ y. n" l0 Y$ J" W! a9 [7 VThe 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 {4 ?2 r8 F7 P2 C2 t4 F) a$ h M- `6 k3 C- B% K
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. : U- ?& o p( i. t9 E% R9 M5 o& e8 C
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