1 P: J0 {: e1 q% \( J4 m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。2 h0 S$ a1 m/ z L3 E& M
9 O- W. W* m* k% K; o2 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。1 H- {+ y0 X: ]' g5 s. v
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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。 % A+ _1 n* v" j. M3 O! p) w # ]% r1 ]8 {# K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。 1 ?8 b- e( D- D4 U3 X6 ~ # j$ ^( o# R" f* }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。 : y* H; s) E- M. y 5 X5 s, E2 k/ }! u [6 r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。 * H, g* h: t7 a1 a9 k ! C4 I$ {2 i3 g! f% @; j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”。 7 E# F3 M# ^5 m; W. O' E7 ^4 w" {; t O 9 c1 c4 C; ^7 k0 G+ F: M' [! m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。” " F6 e; O5 \" N: G% \7 T. Q. T. H' L; c0 d3 M; l
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。 9 F }5 \4 w( `$ E+ F0 }# I9 o; y6 B0 ^6 x
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 k s/ }" |, z/ q& p ' V8 W. C2 i1 I) l % X9 U( ]3 T+ JBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! U6 Q3 Z# T0 S, e5 T. P5 J
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# r; a1 v& m' s% }2 H! E3 Y/ TBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ! j' `. N5 u/ G$ d. ^/ z" O1 B7 \: a8 f% w6 D
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.& b( W2 X3 V" R1 C- _
" \0 n7 ?7 o2 n9 ^* r$ yGovernment 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. & _' M# k, J* |8 y8 `: l* x2 |+ ?, r1 w9 q3 S T) j! h8 v" K/ l
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. ' q$ y+ P3 G# _. m/ P) ~5 ^2 k O, @& p9 k# x" [
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." d* n0 f& W& {- d
: N( g; |* t3 R N, k, r/ gChina'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. , i3 _, `5 q8 `( \7 M; I, l% u& ?- E2 v) O( a4 X
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.0 J9 N4 z; W: Z, x5 N2 @
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& S' G+ _" h7 Y) ?2 w2 {$ RAn 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.” - e" Z) R, p( A$ u7 B3 e 5 T6 H2 Z m7 r- r& m% S' v0 PThe 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.8 m. E7 J* g# v
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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. $ O& G+ \9 X( p 5 c* P, y- N* l# b5 x- Y9 M, D! p% w/ u. `# _
