, [2 [0 w+ z1 G0 R! f. l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。 " v2 K7 w& Z3 W7 I/ M. h/ i! c! N& @# I
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。 . d. E J5 i3 L- ^2 b: x / B9 L5 Z- Y, p# G' c. L: _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, e1 N! o0 j 0 @! h# |: B4 K9 W! ?+ t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。- Q& E( m5 k+ P( g, a
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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。/ C& S( s$ G8 g* k' ~9 J
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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”。2 M. g, z2 L7 A
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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。” % |5 _ M& P+ J1 J+ l2 ] 5 S; m- J, J: D; x* M T$ [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。 y$ M$ H) P$ d2 ?; h! R8 j
: ^3 K1 n h" h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。 9 E8 K7 Q, ~5 X. T2 j% `8 i. |' M) ^
) m: b0 w; ?& Z8 Z1 KBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # Q4 ]& w+ T) Z) c7 e5 `* U" zWednesday, June 27, 2007 1 p: ~, W/ f1 v. ?; n1 f) Y/ Q7 ~! |% ^- }* D2 d# z( y
2 @' F5 s4 H$ RBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 3 x/ S- U4 [" Y0 S+ r ' p% }) n% M% [$ c8 lChina 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.- _( R% h# F! i& R. X% j
8 q6 ^7 l( z+ w2 A9 GGovernment 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.0 D: ~- V# v9 ~! q) j
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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.) x% s+ z# b0 W( I0 l2 O" A% ^8 S1 P, T
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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.# B" M, z1 H! [1 I
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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., G; w+ g3 B9 R0 G
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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.” 4 q4 ^/ h3 K$ q, p# R( a8 E0 u! O2 k a5 h! e+ }
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. ( ?1 s, Q. u+ v4 w 4 L1 d9 o: X S$ v6 sThe 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.% y: x2 _8 G$ y+ Y3 k$ [3 T! _
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