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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。 * ~. Y- X6 q' `8 c) z & F& @+ p( k/ A6 |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。 - r2 o6 N1 p4 B( l( G6 a) r 9 P/ V& g5 { O2 n' r2 L: x+ `$ |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。 # E) {/ F8 c* S Z: O4 B# A" z . L1 a/ V3 Q+ E& a" O0 A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。" I1 h; z+ B0 q
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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 y! l# R5 M" K ! V" L$ W# _& V% j9 H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。& U# M1 m/ j/ Q+ M0 Q
# ~6 d+ F/ u$ F) o3 B2 y3 y5 i: g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”。+ y2 |6 U, t4 q' ~0 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。” ; U; z6 p" Z5 Y- e . L2 y1 d2 t/ E$ e) n6 J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。 + u! \$ N8 z! L, s # G6 M( C( X1 n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. T8 Y- G* v1 V. W
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 Q0 \3 Y6 z4 d$ c! vWednesday, June 27, 2007 % J& b1 F) H! Y4 w: m% s, z6 ?6 Z
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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. . L* I) U6 w. |4 } }: v( G% ^6 D- U2 _& E/ |4 p$ H
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.% Y. e; C9 E# J1 C" ?* A( ^
* v; V. h# h$ Q$ Z' ]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.; }! s+ o4 T0 f* ^- ?5 H% B1 C
, k6 ]& V, t- x S4 S5 iThe 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.! z4 k! Y8 g8 n
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* a: L; z. A& U* hThe 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. 6 h2 j3 ~7 N/ Z5 k/ ^0 N * |, e) J# J/ S* a4 uThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* I$ b( z; Q/ M
6 D/ O L$ I* Z) |2 D- oAn 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.” ) B `+ S6 \2 ~7 h2 Y: b I( }6 l
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. ( }/ x) g& Z, _3 w 4 O, `- V5 ?4 {) b# `+ d% @ ~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. # ~( M# k5 h+ f$ S+ C1 R! u6 s+ Z# n* E3 w7 v5 s
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