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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。4 I9 E* s+ I9 E' Z C/ J/ G5 |
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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。 / A( K7 W9 Y7 H: ]7 F6 ]# W6 E* A0 C6 T& r: 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。8 J( f$ @8 L; ?. r- i4 x
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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。 / ]) y8 r. C: p* `- c* ~+ t* m2 Y
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。" s4 C- C# U2 T! x, T1 t0 k) V
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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。 ' A% c; G7 H" r9 H% l 2 p$ L/ p y2 ~5 n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”。 + U" O; H s, w' q9 V% F 9 E: n2 p! y. V# f9 e* Q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。”3 g, M9 S( Z( Q; _6 E+ g& |
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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。2 D, t6 [ K- u$ ]- Z2 z. y) O
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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。' W& d1 D: U, F. x$ T+ w5 V: t6 B
1 n8 `0 b* \0 [; [$ K9 R# { % }; H$ g( z% Q- Y5 G/ O6 _By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : k) _) q# E0 u7 ]Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3 J8 n x3 q& N1 x" i, f( T' F) k/ h0 f
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 E7 E3 }6 x% r |3 @5 K, `6 ^9 f0 k5 j6 G* t2 X- t
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. ; r. p) R# B4 p) P4 q0 L9 u" ?- W$ g4 |& Y' ^
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. + W Y; [2 h& C1 R5 f* n, r/ h0 L7 ?* \# R o% |/ A5 ], M1 {
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.4 @. F5 K5 H1 W9 C
" N' b( x) B+ U/ 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.' N4 U6 H+ u, O; X i' S8 ?( [, \2 O
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; J7 V& n: u) v8 z+ G# T5 tThe 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. - t' n1 Y! x/ j- C- ], [4 A. ~ n& r3 U+ v* T; h( b# ^( ^# _% w8 y6 M
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 0 W# P4 D" x9 F' Q9 V& l % w# h) @; K0 R# a) n- Z9 S# SAn 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.”# {2 N; `. D3 Z9 z) e. R
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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. : z q8 {& L9 q4 n! D0 | K& t9 ~) V9 E3 C
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. 7 ^- G7 s3 e5 }/ \ 9 u: q$ `6 P, M8 j 6 X+ k! U* I/ D 3 M2 o; S2 a1 `3 rFinancial Times
