6 M3 l% f3 E8 D( p- H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。2 J+ p/ r* h. W5 Q
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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。 5 C; K5 m4 @$ Z8 ~; z7 y6 F5 r& }& v! E: T8 w% V
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。 , B& T! V: T" g9 f / C$ i; l+ j1 v6 u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。 4 _# o, W, \/ _ * {; u3 D3 M) e3 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。, k! @0 m8 B1 \' \( O
) a, K2 ?9 v6 p0 k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。 2 ?6 D7 D0 ]; G7 w$ L" k* { 7 o: T2 w1 I4 t% B" F; T# {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”。/ ^) M, \* l# a: Z
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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。”. L8 d [8 K. E6 N/ c7 |; \4 I
: y1 D, N, B, 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。 7 P' ]$ ^ K" e5 `9 R5 W , A0 M2 x) `/ i; s0 R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。1 o# b) c3 D8 C, D
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 } b, x: T. o# S5 C$ i6 z4 M
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3 A9 _% S% h4 {% u% e9 {0 M! i
& _% d: `, N1 A , n: v. z# g8 wBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION) u; E4 V# \ n5 U$ q2 q# V
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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., S2 y+ N e0 e) i/ e8 Z
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9 ~% ]+ r' Y- ]' U. X8 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. 1 g' O6 e& p2 |/ x( J : K5 I" ? V9 k# Z9 A: 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. . Y: }: i0 @$ V) x. F3 q' d! d# p9 L4 ~$ U. ^3 q
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.( g7 a; A; [ w5 m8 b
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. # \7 U n; N; }0 v5 u# }7 N4 l 0 ` j$ i6 ]6 V, l* hAn 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.” 8 f+ \- R+ p6 C9 s7 I+ ~9 u 6 Q N6 ?" |2 ZThe 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. 6 k; Y2 L+ Q/ k1 w& c 2 O- X6 [8 @" Q5 ]4 m I- uThe 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. 2 c+ p% g5 n* X( ?# b7 q2 }2 z% X) {5 g5 `7 X- B5 v' C
0 p1 i- c; s7 K( \( o* M ' y/ e) T6 T: t/ H6 JFinancial Times
