5 H K1 U p- N5 z4 R3 x. V5 w {- D3 o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。 1 k( N& A$ ]4 M$ G$ f$ h9 k' Q/ U) z9 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。 * w1 X6 L$ ]/ i9 N$ \ 1 W, O2 P9 v" s; S, e
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。2 ?" V1 f- B) ]0 j: ~0 t& g
4 \+ w: G3 O" K4 Z: H3 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。/ ]2 \, A) S a* ^# t
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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。 2 Y# f9 {5 f" s6 W; V0 T . f8 {8 N5 f1 h6 {( U9 Q7 C1 R# B4 ^$ s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 {* D1 \- p4 O0 {0 l3 k7 a, j5 d/ D; I1 t7 |/ u+ Z
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。” 7 ]5 {% C% p0 ~5 e( q/ G 8 P7 V$ J" H) u! w" g. \- O* p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。 * |' B6 ^, R% F# U2 p * `2 S) A* O' z7 ?8 p6 E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。0 W! m/ f( R% v9 t- B& i
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # M8 P b$ `; e9 d2 e; P: f: M3 Y9 J2 F/ k9 T7 g) Z- x! M f% 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. + s3 K3 P) O0 B, N. t* b3 u# | 7 E+ p# g3 p' @( ]. N- `8 aGovernment 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.! T- K7 R6 u% y* S
9 G/ e3 y& n; }9 C _8 X, dComing 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.1 F: a( [4 y' Y' n# V) X& L$ s6 H
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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.. ^" G) b" X0 Q9 I* |: {6 a
2 x* E" O4 J9 U+ TChina'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.9 R7 B+ W6 X( k0 H, K2 W$ @
0 r: y- u/ h. u; @5 GThe 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. 1 a1 x) D$ Z9 g6 q" S! S/ F9 i3 P C9 W
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 2 a" t6 @: r$ c2 q% ^ % p. F! o; Q8 r% YAn 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.” - W4 }% \3 [% [4 L9 o5 i1 g. M8 W / ~$ ` o" @8 h+ MThe 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. 2 B- |4 \, h% ^/ a$ J( [3 U* w h3 E' h9 U% K G1 \8 l
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.5 w5 V' \8 Z4 C; e
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