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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。 0 C7 l C- Q4 N6 P# ] / M3 g6 t; M5 E w8 A, h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。/ f6 O4 X2 |& W
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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。 ; k! F- ]1 E/ u / `8 V0 C1 R9 e A; 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。 - p5 u& U0 P3 W7 f + H8 J- m4 S! J9 C; l; ~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 `) Z# A/ Y+ @3 B' O# { j2 F( y
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。; J& d O# o2 r+ v1 E4 e P8 w2 r
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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”。 5 T& @3 i$ @, g; V; W; t" q' q; u) o2 l6 P$ f
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。”1 E% d( }+ A6 ?9 b2 e5 U: W ]
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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。( Z9 T9 {. a" J. {/ r
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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。2 f' t2 K; r7 z2 L. t" i, o
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 G! y, J& M5 e4 o* ^" e, MWednesday, June 27, 2007 * R. b& c) G; T) K9 W4 \6 G* }
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& i) r+ {! P' W- B6 c
1 Q8 `1 g! P6 ~. p8 V7 C5 D% N. P, |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. 2 p" O. p. W$ ^5 w. V * J$ U% I4 F+ x+ iGovernment 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 \, h( e: M: m5 }7 f: N) {: ~! ^) S( P; H+ B4 t/ V
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. 3 J8 k" P9 O' |8 C: U$ W: u$ y 9 V4 Y F/ t4 G/ NThe 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.* y8 M1 `2 F1 `$ B$ f2 c
* [% l* L+ {9 f5 n3 U9 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. Y7 C& d$ A- x' G* w& o
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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; j l8 M% M ' a3 h# Q" |- R0 wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.$ h- @& W/ t6 l* E: u0 n
) g9 a! G5 f8 d6 t) [( x' `- mAn 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.”# R0 w2 b+ e. ]# V
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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. 4 O3 h% U$ Y6 C2 `' r* L" J9 R0 u6 T3 Y
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., g5 k" S- M2 i* \, f
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