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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。 , o% M8 G- ]; L1 b. T1 s; K" ~0 y3 Q% y) K' P
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。& R" {! z' n* a8 n2 _1 s
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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。 : g" ]2 y) W; B7 g' } ; }5 i6 s8 s4 e% U" c9 `
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。 5 _6 n2 ~. B9 }5 e 0 A6 w& q1 {; I3 \' k5 \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。9 u) n1 `) I6 ~
) b3 ~5 U. e! t6 Z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 L3 j9 s% @3 Q+ F* M; n) ^ % Z0 |" w7 }+ I. j( n g* `- e: U7 M5 E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”。 % s3 W/ ?4 z& L! ^& i6 Z& x9 j" j0 U+ x/ E
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。”" O. J6 w7 \/ D
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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。 : B# ^" G( j- ^ " e! U; r( r+ O+ p. K/ m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。 ; L4 ~& H, m; y: E7 \% U2 [ R8 u
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 @. e4 I3 u; T/ V$ ?
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! D* U% q, r; F, l) ^" p. r$ f" ^BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 @. @4 E- q# I2 c6 S* A 7 P" @# h* b. p1 FChina 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.% O+ R# [4 ^) v5 n: b: O/ b
9 {1 @5 m Z5 fGovernment 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. $ g# U2 n1 k5 J# [7 d z 4 t( E9 z n4 M$ W0 TComing 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. 2 F K3 h! G- l; C$ Q9 y0 s1 c7 A' l , H( h2 f/ I$ u* h( k0 A* }4 Y! sThe 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. " `) _$ ~) N) z* g9 ~4 j6 U) S- t) {/ M3 v
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. q& K& @% I6 S. }" } + o1 w+ v. H4 B! }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. . ]2 U& ^+ J8 Q2 C% k# x% r* \0 r: n; |: ?0 N
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 S6 H& N3 D7 l! | ]5 e! g# D0 ?3 @' y& T
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/ n! e# e7 `
( ^) L, o0 [" c5 |8 |; c) XThe 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.* t% M- E5 d% ~9 [
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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.% Q# H0 `" e* E1 |' t
