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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。5 a h: T% _0 C! x
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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。9 A7 {2 a# C) M! V( F8 q8 s
9 @* \ V4 O$ p4 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。 2 `: M6 L$ o/ B: J$ v 8 `9 C" T8 B$ y5 |, I i
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。 6 @6 v& V! o% @+ f9 v6 l 5 N/ ^% x) }' O1 E& f3 c2 _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。 2 l7 v( t4 S1 o: Y- P0 b+ j7 I3 @- K1 C& V3 W. N! G
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。" R3 g0 k6 U: f9 i5 t6 u
) P( K P" N/ g d/ o/ {0 `8 b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”。 L$ z" e1 \, y# @2 h8 D- O4 e# [2 O
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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。” % F" P6 f3 o; t% [8 c4 p) u/ y7 W8 S9 ]3 ? + Z. t7 a; }& K2 o+ ~% \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。 ' h& V8 K9 z$ V& ` k0 y) B+ l8 ^6 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。6 x& \" y* N$ l5 ` J/ I% I5 t
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) _) k ?( h+ G9 F1 l6 lWednesday, June 27, 2007 5 {( `0 a, {( f( t( }/ v/ ]( p ]5 W9 }* S7 X* C1 p- ?3 T
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 7 C' S. |& V7 M( n/ K! T, C/ q2 P/ e; Z: x- 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.$ D& C5 p, `$ x7 k
0 B6 S1 R: ~: ^# i2 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.7 F7 X; I( j2 B" z% W
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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. % q+ g/ @( x+ x& r6 m" @ 2 u* M. y& O3 ~$ o4 @' M0 LThe 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. , y. r- X. x% G + Y: C9 ]% x3 b T: A7 MChina'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. , k+ C7 V& t0 K3 S( }5 ] 8 q3 A3 p5 A+ V0 ~1 @. V4 n/ cThe 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 a# o6 u# Y/ |7 e& P8 s. ^9 J4 Q9 d! d' r, s
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + U/ X1 k6 c' d0 D+ a/ k& s1 c( @) F2 Y3 ]; m1 }0 a
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.” , \/ T4 ^% m# |4 t3 r8 d6 B 5 A9 D! ?8 f$ Z! Y+ W. K1 pThe 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 |. \; `+ {8 b6 |+ y+ m0 J) K* K0 t
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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. 3 i2 W5 G- ?0 P, d: | ) E( u' U) k( b) l% a- ^" J G8 b1 M5 [8 M5 ~: t' y
