4 E; z9 G8 B) `0 O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。9 p) \4 X+ O% 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。 / w) J) o( d) D8 l , K! @1 w! |# [9 X D0 b' q- W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。 # Q: m. G1 G7 C: l; u# W ) D5 [- q& I j$ T2 f! I7 S8 ~% 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。 4 U& O) X+ X4 w _5 o 9 `8 @( l0 \ K! P0 }7 o- N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。 . M, ^' x$ \" r 4 X% r& V3 U |/ j7 ?- D: s d2 @2 H c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。) y& \/ H! P7 _: H( X' M0 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”。 * f0 K# Y' D7 |: f, X( l , n& S" b* \& K/ e6 r. u/ `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。” ) b. M7 C7 a- g& F" g) j7 q' r' q" M U S+ \6 m: W! h
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。+ s: q3 ~3 q; B
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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。! v9 z% c; W) {, v3 K
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- e. _% g& f; T: i; @% c% _% ] 0 [' t3 o% l' e$ eBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 4 a. o8 z3 Z' o4 u 7 H* H1 k G: u1 _! p4 ]1 R% F1 `# @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.+ h) u& ?3 I+ m: X
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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. i H8 S# r3 o A% q* H6 ^0 W9 I( B: Z( e
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.: e6 R/ t$ U. M) |. e c0 L
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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. 8 j% b9 p% z% _$ t, K% y' k2 U) q* _. |2 S1 s5 {( q
China'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. * E! C5 G+ n# \3 y- ~" c % x0 b8 Z% b7 Z* {1 k, lThe 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.! ?- b; _! k+ C, `4 B+ V
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& w& @7 V# ]* x( M) ^: c8 iAn 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 q8 L9 T8 j0 B / J. _$ T# P; ]7 X7 qThe 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.# z) q2 _: g7 S
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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.. |/ P* y5 \7 x* i7 U8 y
