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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。 @. p% x+ t* s8 u7 e9 t3 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。 . x/ a1 r7 ~7 ~, A& Y+ u 7 j" @! J' B$ T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。" r9 C2 |, y" w
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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。7 Q& M, u+ d s; ^- W/ D" ?
8 }8 L" }3 s% r8 D8 N! }3 V4 f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。 % q# g8 I4 [8 R0 c9 x 2 z/ X& c: }0 u* u4 v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。 " z5 H" A( C6 T5 `0 U ) ^6 ~" ?6 A- y# Y, X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”。 # d1 x. ]4 ]7 Z* ]& A1 ]1 r; r, v0 `2 t9 x8 A' f4 A1 k
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。”3 e: ]: x5 Q+ y
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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。 : a# L+ P# B6 N% ` $ U9 ?0 ?7 J+ }' @- l8 p% s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。8 V' W+ p% R7 x
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8 K. Q0 Q, b" oBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 U1 z: {0 c+ a
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 % B/ Y3 u- j5 X# x$ I6 T9 ^ " C. i2 {! m% n4 K, d6 D0 l! t% t9 u: m& |# R: i
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 Y# D6 e6 R, `6 X1 r U0 L
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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. $ B3 _* n& x0 a$ i' r2 |0 r' r0 L' D0 ~1 \2 x
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. 5 b* o5 V8 Y" J2 z+ k+ w1 Y% I% W3 \# G J+ g5 ]; Y0 w
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.% ]7 q7 x) m9 G6 Q+ ~
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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 z2 r: t9 Y$ w6 B2 \( }' g. t
( c7 y# X3 W9 g. 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. 8 v) L4 ?6 |9 \1 L6 r4 T/ _ k" I* e: q$ p' T" K
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. * {2 R/ n7 ^4 d+ c+ X( j/ l3 j! t! V
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; l$ i) c3 w8 |
5 P% N+ m, F) uAn 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.” . v# U# P [8 p6 p7 c5 s; V: r f# p4 [8 v
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.0 a" X# \$ J4 q, j9 {
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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. ) o: O i8 j5 X* I& J( I) P: o8 v0 ~8 b/ P! W2 c3 \
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