6 n7 W# b6 c& S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。& i* G2 u* r. S' z. z) M8 t
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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。5 H* v0 z! E- I1 w
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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。 , I2 Q1 P/ {2 U! l8 h U0 C4 k( T , W0 ~% T$ G& X Z) [* T y
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 n6 [$ \1 y; g7 q4 @5 |. k( i
# {' W# L% k. ?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。 9 q0 T a- M6 Q! R2 n7 v / d/ T: a4 o$ `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。 : {0 Y, N2 y, w! `3 D; T $ j: t) Q% v' P% C( x0 V( ^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”。4 ^+ a( `$ r! o& I4 @' {
7 R; m X- H9 G, W3 b) i" a- D2 W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。” % x7 w3 B* t. p3 D+ S/ c3 O' j( v0 a; }/ n- d
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。- a0 Y$ N* @1 m0 S3 k/ o/ q9 j
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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。 " a9 Q! H* H Z' J, k% P" B1 G9 t) K e& p$ G5 Z/ ]) `! Y. ^6 @
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . z* t& j* J: ~- s0 @6 l9 ?
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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. s: G! B3 q+ W1 W5 Q) s7 H* N+ q' m
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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.+ n1 k$ D$ r1 e5 N
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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. ; p& N( ]& H# `; x4 h- U+ [ 0 ~/ J; b/ ]* D) ?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. ; F8 R1 A/ [/ G/ w7 a" S9 B . \: y* r, a( a3 m7 j( m# ~# DThe 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. + s3 y. d. }+ K. B" U& X1 S9 j) A. A1 R
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# h) _! X1 B! Q$ p
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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.”9 E2 y1 v- W: U0 F+ M
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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. ; U* R6 O7 Y" ~, I7 A+ ^ 4 d/ }2 s' O$ U7 _& t& n$ d) M' g/ U' D' k# a+ s R! m" i
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