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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。 3 r* ?5 p) K8 @( v + L5 }+ N, J! ]4 A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。 ' p5 N# J; b: U* `; C + a' z8 T; v% @4 t5 P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。 & K6 S* {% f" D& Y6 a( o M 9 W0 z2 W% a" @$ |' W4 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 J; K/ J, i* S1 I+ S4 q1 d+ k
5 p$ j- c) | ?% F( i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。+ {# G1 N3 j0 J5 y @
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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。$ n4 Z) X5 G8 l6 k
3 i. w2 z0 p! M8 _% s/ T! d" I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”。 9 f: _+ a) |, d- x1 S$ L: P 9 M/ q8 H1 v7 b6 s( Y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。”% G) g$ L. P8 }+ P
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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。0 r$ F( {. Q0 `9 [2 H5 i( U9 Z! {+ p
" a1 }5 y% S8 u! T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。) b* I( x+ ?8 Y" y( n C
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0 K+ ?9 N* {+ N% ?By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ x6 [3 a" p3 n5 ?+ tWednesday, June 27, 2007 5 n! {: L5 j" \* w! [6 \0 L
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% ^ w, Y' Q. G3 o( g1 _* ?
7 x( ~: z0 e" r4 O$ ~. P2 P' l6 L( @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. " L$ F6 t# }6 b7 Z1 H+ C: [: L' i* ]0 _
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. " Z8 {8 i: ]$ n' ]. N5 N - e6 Z! V8 e( WComing 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.! a9 @5 _; j3 d' Y0 j
( n4 W% P$ j0 _: R: X* d: 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. ) u) } t4 U0 A! {9 W 3 W) o3 _* X7 E, m% f1 a, ]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.1 A% p2 O+ l( J7 @3 N: E7 _+ F
/ x+ S+ ` n" l9 U- u* PThe 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. 8 U+ {8 }9 A( `- Y. D- K1 {$ ]; N2 u* E3 A# V$ Z- F# R
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * R3 w/ c5 T+ _* Z+ s. {# I # i1 X( t) f: |. X& K5 @- UAn 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.”1 a1 ]$ Q8 Z$ @& j
. e X0 d2 j( y; eThe 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.. ]' m0 r8 c- j4 p8 h
% V- W/ `6 q+ _. [# B. } vThe 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. 3 L! [/ Q# B9 w# h2 V8 F# x$ Y8 i$ X& [/ N4 _
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