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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。4 [+ q7 i( u4 F& C
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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。' d6 _2 @- N; ~3 [/ _; n; D |
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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。 , \& x m5 r4 @ N1 n r+ ]+ f# e0 D
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。+ i+ r9 {0 n/ O; A
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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。 , P* r. k6 L5 G9 n% I $ Q. k" X* F4 k' O1 R/ i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。, n+ z1 I, K( B6 }, o
: d' Q; _* C% @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”。+ L0 l4 ]/ G2 \" Z
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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。”% x5 p) c- B, E1 s: e: \! @
( S- Z% q2 t; ?! y! 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。( }& `) D, A1 \
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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。 - w" i- ~. M3 E* c2 \/ q% g: |3 j, J3 c) |: O5 J' @
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 d- X1 N! Q- E# L' iWednesday, June 27, 2007 : [) [1 R0 Q% g& B0 ~
: L# F/ E' ^- z( Y; O" F " W- D# Z: M& d, vBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 B7 P& H- [$ r8 y- A
( G! J8 A/ \2 _+ U/ W2 [/ ?1 Q) {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.& X9 q& l0 F, _4 `( O& H
% L0 J' r$ O4 `+ O7 l! NGovernment 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.* q6 x' n& Y& f8 S. E
5 b$ c- N# V- j! D: U$ Z/ k+ PComing 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.5 s" d" S( l9 \, N* G4 r
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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.+ r4 u8 T r7 |
- s, l" x2 a& g# U, e1 d$ VChina'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. + @6 ~& R7 }# k+ t, t" z, y+ [
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.9 m* s& [6 X: Z [
) b, |# d% q" W) CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. : S$ m7 Z3 P: E3 h5 Q( L2 Y& x2 W$ k* N1 a+ c$ g: D& n
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.” : z X' P7 [3 _3 f: ^# H& F* b3 q4 z+ v2 G7 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. 2 A$ C' e5 e0 Q$ q8 O7 z/ c3 h4 b1 n$ T- G
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. ! V, M1 C( |2 R8 C4 R3 Q- S% l; K" _# ^0 W
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