( J4 |! y- D; [8 s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 O! A' O - \. R* V# l8 F$ k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。. L; M2 D* V3 O1 R! J, l8 f
' A* i; m5 r- j- T# |4 S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。: D% ~, W6 R- X% d; C Z
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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。 1 I, |) g8 H9 t5 f2 N$ E2 V4 J4 D3 x . x8 i( [' y9 h4 R. Z4 u2 W9 v0 ]* u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。 p/ U! F6 v! i
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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”。8 p7 b4 ^% N6 J2 _
* \* g) b& e5 U4 ]+ g/ E* _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。” ! Y' G5 t3 W0 }% k3 L0 s. f. u8 |" U/ Z, _
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。 0 h6 J) j) f9 L+ [4 Q8 y& G+ f3 f% s, z9 T8 C; [
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。 ) j( T" T0 m: F& y( W x7 p/ d: e( [" c8 k: O" F( D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 F3 l7 t3 T+ z * q- D* z A; t7 [9 g! NChina 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.# K4 Q% |3 R! U3 a6 g- L. \
2 c8 u" I/ S% V5 [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. & l4 N" d' J% z8 j% l/ h: L % _8 k, k( p% KComing 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.5 n- j0 M! z& C" x! A6 E
+ U2 ]$ x0 \" \/ }, pThe 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.- Z& n+ \1 Q q6 w
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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.( n/ s; K9 C1 {) V6 q
+ ?$ J1 K% C6 v; Z% a; t. V eThe 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. : R, U: }1 F/ q# u3 u5 s . W8 t2 V* g' qThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 o3 H! ~9 G; j3 V3 k
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An 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.”& Q8 E* D$ d. Z: u1 L/ q
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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.9 @) W1 F' ]4 V& I/ }' P0 }
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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. # X+ |3 F; W5 S+ c; {7 e0 @+ L/ ~0 E4 Y n6 n1 G7 S* W3 d
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