5 a* o8 P/ P0 J W- |6 t, ~# U0 P) E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。 7 ~! N4 T' F p5 ]3 ]: E& F 8 Q. h8 T$ f; }4 D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. O# K' V0 p5 S3 g* g : `, g7 ?% t; b, ~% |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。. I _& W1 G% W" M* L" X
! R9 d& c, u% ?" U t4 h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。 1 D+ L7 x8 O) j- `/ w# O. p3 i+ X1 p# r T5 Z
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。 " k3 p0 _5 K- c* v3 V ! u7 z6 P! y" K# j ?0 B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。6 ]0 e' g- L1 O/ R
' V8 m5 q6 @6 `: l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”。: R% P8 B. s8 ?) U$ k% w! [: 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。” % n: a$ d6 m9 U8 ~' w ! e9 M* `. Y, R% b9 U' S& g4 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。- w! m5 N- U7 g9 U; p2 v
. I9 A* x7 C' {. M, F: 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。, m# S3 M- r$ @' q
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7 }, ~9 a) j7 _ 7 o% y6 Z" |0 M8 ?, J# WBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 5 G0 K; ~2 Y4 ^% L) {( T6 S% f$ k1 h) w
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. 9 I: P7 I2 O6 O: p& Y- d. f % y9 ^1 W4 G1 @( V5 o; zGovernment 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. N2 [' ]& F( c) t; { 9 M* N# I0 d9 y1 m1 TComing 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& m$ `* W/ K, F 1 A' s" W: r7 n3 C5 w% rThe 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. 0 Z3 f, L" X% n& C [/ _4 b! P( G( L4 w' T: Y1 R$ A2 N" z* H
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.+ _. B4 N8 z' a3 w1 {- n
2 {9 J1 i0 Z: L) A% r8 WThe 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.2 c X0 X9 n l. X: x
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.3 q A* ?- i# i$ i8 g; H
( [; h3 n# C+ c) u6 O9 ~6 cAn 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 h2 P9 E8 U* ^( _2 z
2 P, O- U. o- X9 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. 3 ^% h/ X4 X. `& J/ H. j) @/ p, j1 I- h% F* R. q$ i
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.+ Z& P7 I8 x$ q) D8 J8 c
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