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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。* ~& k2 T5 E5 i L+ h5 R
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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。 ' h- W1 L% t* C5 I9 `$ o/ c- d6 i" t. q- F
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 G6 S" \ s `. c; D 8 r3 ?6 x2 t7 {8 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。 - b; c5 O* b7 D6 p+ |$ s , N) Y4 W$ V9 v- p; b$ u8 A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。0 J; [- x" e- Z! j3 e( P/ k. ]9 V% [
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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。4 C/ U: b9 @, y R5 k& a
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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”。 : k7 d3 D8 l7 Q( z& ^$ m- p8 E, v' D
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。”2 Y" y3 I$ O! y, m5 _# S
x( W( p( J% m) P- \, d' d/ k! l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。 % l. e6 ]; y; W0 j* W' B2 k* I
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。 . |" A. p( D$ P) `( s, {+ c- ]/ V. S: m* w; A/ R) i2 g
, I5 i9 { g! H: k [- ^By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 }0 Q2 o6 u1 c" K) p0 F2 ^" YWednesday, June 27, 2007 ( |: e' j+ i7 Y/ t/ {7 \" N; `. a, b) r- A: l- m$ S
4 u @+ P( N4 G5 qBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION- @7 h. ?; [6 q
" W3 f- R3 S- r0 H) r$ l2 v5 ]1 oChina 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- j5 d# \ C& \
" d+ A- i7 L' i+ v4 pGovernment 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.% `8 n) H7 u' |, ?3 m- F
, h' W' Q. j% N5 d2 ?% c& qComing 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. / k6 ], x4 p4 R( V ; O) B/ D% P1 DThe 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. + R7 M7 v& B' m$ Q1 r* s, `9 W( `/ ~. b+ Y. e
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.* w$ U- I& p0 }* V j. 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. ( O9 R; P2 p& K9 m ( N3 I& I# W6 |' zThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & p' R. N: H( E. M( ]; n 6 H3 P9 v; V) p- B/ ~2 QAn 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.”# S* R% n$ L* B$ \; X% w
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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. " \# ~9 u' B9 C! l8 ^0 x2 z: ?; J7 C2 v3 F- `5 [5 a
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. ) i- q; o( S$ l+ Q& B3 s) K6 Z' Y. r: T& z
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