& ?+ j8 u/ ] i4 r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。 / \! \5 x7 n6 K' r; s& C. r% b & e. T( B/ Z) ?" E- l9 ?9 v+ A3 T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。4 ]% Q5 ]+ f" W8 {( H3 o! j
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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。9 H- M0 ^! }; H- S. k" n
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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。 6 Z" }! O/ Y6 g c i* m ` 0 O8 c# [. H0 m! b [$ c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。 + H# O" A- B, c/ U! b/ ? - Z9 l& R+ O) R; C ~! C& f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。 , T, b7 q9 {8 p: z7 Y4 d ; K& I1 |+ D0 {5 R- ^7 N6 C$ z/ I5 g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”。 5 x) A' R( v& L# b# l2 A: X$ b. c1 o+ T6 F& 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。” 6 z* a( x# Z1 c1 x. `* A$ [6 W9 ~9 u7 @; l7 q
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。 " x7 h) s ~. y1 ^! C& q! F7 {0 n2 [' S$ Q7 d1 k
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。 1 n$ v/ q/ F$ P" L, F! i* z + t+ Y0 N0 D+ j/ B* L n. G1 Z$ G8 O
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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.- n9 i( b3 W- M w) ^* h) t7 U
9 G9 `9 t( X5 N& S; ZGovernment 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. : j: ~, a6 z2 D) o/ g , i$ s- ?8 ^/ E, f! C* P" eComing 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.) [) T) x1 L7 Z6 E1 B
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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.9 ^ b5 Y/ t! z. A
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The 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+ ]0 T) a' Z {: r# Y! L/ X& Q, c% `+ O# aThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ b& S1 @, T9 W$ r ( T/ L' j: b% Y3 o$ hAn 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 f% G' F4 P: [9 N' m1 p
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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.- [. _2 b& m) N
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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. ! |. H- A, V3 T6 O" E6 L6 n2 }& V2 b* @) `. ~7 W
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