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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。" x2 A- Z7 `. ]/ U
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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。- H2 P0 W% o; D! A
6 Q/ f& v& H3 @ p3 g8 R' `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。 : K* c! J+ W7 f7 i: I - \8 ^2 I$ H- c9 ^+ E, }0 z& z# ^
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。8 g7 ]. F. N8 w" d! ^, m2 b( P
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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。 1 ?" F) f4 p7 h; j9 Z8 \1 b1 h, O' L/ X8 D1 U% R+ W) D' Y! O9 ]
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。7 j j1 a; F% E# Y
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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”。0 N- I! G) ?( J$ X2 P
* m! j) |( ?( O' Z1 s8 o" N: X/ r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。”" G2 s: b1 r& f
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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. e9 T1 p0 G: H) B3 L
b% Q) i3 m; l. I. s, i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。& R. k8 y9 D3 t; _8 f) N: E9 R
+ {. u0 _5 V7 W 3 R' y: O8 R8 ~( e; i7 rBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 j* w- ^- S8 k1 |7 FWednesday, June 27, 2007 1 @. T2 }, u3 ~# K ' x+ {5 I8 R% G7 c" j3 H+ b( M 5 K$ J5 g: i$ L( s3 A$ Y) p$ sBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ( w! Q0 @$ ~. \& @; ]$ @8 V0 J : G) a$ o+ u1 }% m3 i( R5 EChina 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. : n% k9 [& y3 N1 o9 p " ~" s+ k0 C) V. v R- KGovernment 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. / [; S4 D2 f* z6 @8 x8 k, g, b- h, W( x8 i5 u) u
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. % F# l6 b( T1 T3 b5 w* g7 e% m6 Q0 [/ L
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. , H: X9 C+ R/ ]4 C/ H+ A4 \ ( C6 f( T6 g: u6 e& F1 g# ]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.% J3 A/ R; C7 @# O
6 @9 k+ N! U( s- B2 ?7 Q. ]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. - N" a# T% T8 l( p1 f7 u1 X) A$ c0 g" \
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * R( S4 W) a. E( a: j# V8 Z) ? [/ K% B
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.” 2 t, z# L# z5 Z/ W. j 7 K: r( }4 M" p# @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.. B1 m- a' {# Q- H2 Q
) v/ p9 v" G! U; G' x+ W+ XThe 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.4 A6 s( M0 d N8 f9 \2 \7 a1 Z
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