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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。* i+ X% a- z' }2 k
# T/ t1 d l z/ F& O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。 ( ^$ H9 |0 q# M& }! J. q+ B 9 U9 z. y4 r! i( ?% 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。: `0 i" x/ p$ X0 g
2 C! {; h5 z' n& |( R7 R3 P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。# W' H. O, u1 [5 I- b4 @
/ J* ~" @; G0 I4 _: F) v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。 / C" T- G7 j" N3 G c' ?, v$ k# W$ v6 d: `, l7 g! T' O
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。) \. ^. o# z9 ?& t
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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”。5 _; Z. y p; o4 q* ]6 t# @
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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。” : ]: r3 N6 r1 `0 P4 @" B! f* y" B8 |7 P2 \9 u O1 v! J
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。 ' D& F" e! D: m4 E9 U: O3 Z+ A5 C9 R/ e
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 U7 x( g# G2 P" l / L" C! \9 p8 T# I' Z! Z$ f / [8 t* g0 M: L/ K" kBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # T; d' Q- p% t, uWednesday, June 27, 2007 ! a0 I) e) I f; J% N8 N: `: n
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' _& d; k* N8 s3 K, m% A' R
4 T# ^" U- @+ } G/ o' Y" ?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.2 d/ w2 L v; @. R' G+ l
# y" E4 R9 w& B6 r* u& tGovernment 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.9 r6 P% o' y' @1 B8 A5 r% Z
5 D5 ~& P6 k! s! 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. 4 j* i% h( @# v" |( q: X 4 ?9 D8 W: f( G& h0 |& aThe 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.& I6 {" a Q7 K+ l/ t( Y
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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. , p7 W% H1 R$ a; W6 G0 |) g5 s" ` 7 C( p9 d# j0 B* v3 T) L1 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.: @4 V3 y% j+ R
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.5 C+ [" M0 q J- D( [; g
2 B3 }3 ~- O+ ~3 ]/ m2 k( tAn 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.”* Q2 j: m6 ^6 O- r- N
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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. 7 u5 R7 j" r9 T+ D" v( f. T/ l/ e1 S) M
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.8 y- u6 m- Y. g4 \! @
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# V# Z- Z. l5 ^/ Y 6 Q$ j' s. }& r& ZFinancial Times
