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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。 # Q! {3 ^ d2 t: Q. [8 y# b. L& U8 U6 ~$ K. D" i4 y8 |
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。2 y2 X# U* \/ }$ [" y
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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。 6 }' |% ~2 U. o& B, |0 ]$ w% d - X% u3 \, l# V. R# S
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。 & \$ C" _$ U1 c- D 7 |! d% ?8 W4 a5 |, R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。 ! a$ @" ?8 I. ~' Z, Q+ |. ~8 n7 L) A& }+ Y1 R. O- S: M
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。 # b- m* a: C1 j9 u$ s5 t0 V, g1 U# T$ j1 L$ I, ]
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”。0 ~( z2 d& N/ S# e
/ a- X( F5 P1 [5 J, o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。” 6 s/ |, ^. k9 M9 M3 x' {; F- n% ^6 ~6 L5 [1 w
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。 ) C, U. V9 Y, U# U5 A0 m# e& r1 A! W
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。+ m* k2 V; b" G" l/ O \
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0 o5 c% N! r. T5 K. G; gBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ h# ^1 k G: i. L# f- |Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ( k4 g' C" w% d% y ^& x* m! `
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 3 ?- ]* v( w {8 o. j9 Y" U) G4 `6 J% R& N, z; V
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. 3 r. |( D) v6 c5 E- m' k6 j % I0 p& a' w" @ ~+ D* gGovernment 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.% ?$ m& C1 A2 o# k* y6 h3 I& s7 G
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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.) ~- o( `( F! ^( W6 g) S
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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. 4 Y# w+ A! a Z. o" |9 x; S6 N3 y ; [9 l+ d! ` F" H4 b* Z/ 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. q+ Y) [; z; S) T2 ^# X( X( J
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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.! U: F$ s: H2 z
+ }, u5 g0 c, X1 M0 F- ?7 uThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 M0 [2 f1 Q/ z
) b2 ]" t, g% N J% G7 p: M/ Q% BAn 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 j O- y( J& v0 A8 e 7 W7 r& J' [* L# T* F' D$ MThe 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. ' `+ N' B" H1 ^$ i6 \: m# G2 y / F+ C+ C, S+ f; }, g( c$ ^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. 8 _! w0 U& x* @, y O5 ^' `- q 8 U5 u( l" v; R, }* |3 h8 i' K. E( w' Z, W! G3 S& O
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