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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。% U8 J; r' w; r2 O! |5 T; i7 ?
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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。' {3 _# g2 Z2 ~. u# E$ l
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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。 , ~( V7 `. ~, {, I: I' ~ . e; M- z2 q- q3 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。 - Z4 u; @$ H: B ; ]1 I% u; | `( y1 k! M r( N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。 + P5 M) B; |) Z5 v6 e7 C, c7 A8 `: C/ Y: B+ T) `
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。 3 M' T9 c6 t% a, d! [$ n: E( w0 c, ?. T8 ^7 m( G. P2 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”。 $ z5 G' p+ G6 W1 d * U8 f8 s" M( t1 x7 y! t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 j$ T8 O8 ~3 f$ V2 r* X
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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。 % h; j# P3 j5 C% W; _4 c. H4 E. c; Y3 y
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。# R% u3 Z% @6 Q" W3 E, [- k
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 V% I% H7 F3 _$ m4 O
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ' r4 C: ?) `4 e# {% c z0 }8 V5 ^2 ~4 ] h8 sChina 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.; ^6 r) Q# `/ @/ x
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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. # y* A( ~9 t: ~0 [5 J# D2 _7 K, D6 y3 Y, ?6 r
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. * j0 y2 k$ e5 u3 f4 G" m 4 K5 p e. y. ~6 z( X+ cThe 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. & b; T- R5 O8 {+ l2 p0 Q+ u# n3 i" p& k7 ~
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. + f% q( x6 }' B( I% G: [+ Z: P 8 {$ W D% z7 v+ h3 K7 mThe 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." H/ {+ M4 w! O( x8 U" B
+ _2 g3 H' e. a0 |, H* wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - ^0 U7 q4 ]6 \3 G( B: i& ?4 ^" L
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.” 3 F+ e; Z$ D4 C( ^1 K / m: A8 D u# [$ }4 dThe 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.. L- ?7 f- H, m# a
S) A( s; ?1 {( `& v7 r- `7 DThe 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 i/ O# X% k$ ?1 L! |
