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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。) E L9 V+ P7 f0 }2 |' x5 C; B: d- Y7 e
L( {0 b" Y- E: t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 ~2 ?# e) b N: l/ g : |; Q' o" u, R6 k5 K& x4 w$ r) v! ~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。 , e6 _6 g4 L, {- V. a# d6 _ 1 y. C: X5 T x* \4 _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。 ' X% @- J+ k; k2 h1 @; k2 w0 x, S4 d8 V* n, O$ H9 Q
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。& u1 W ?% M! l/ Y, _( P
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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。 " ?: J- j$ I: Y$ g1 j2 ^# q! ?8 D9 O2 |1 |$ I$ ]% d
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”。 , h' x1 w/ z, D7 N 6 x/ u0 T. L$ K4 j8 X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。”7 J' `- `* O% D# N! Y. B7 f- S. j L. J
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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。 3 J/ X* R3 l& I) p% ~' Z 7 N- j0 H. v( V' [. T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。 n; R0 Q1 U8 K3 Q3 D4 L
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai V- B% D8 z0 a' `$ f) ?$ KWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 w: o6 E) R& Z! o! `) v% ~
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + G0 }5 s" T$ b; x 9 t u1 t; K* g; M# z5 m0 CChina 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. 0 y" Q* T0 _2 l0 z% { 6 {) W8 t! F& w: s9 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. ' R$ m8 ^% ]* z8 H! X+ ?/ a3 q8 X; U7 c$ Q
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. / a& x4 D7 V# S ; m6 i. u* y3 jThe 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. 7 Y( ^' M2 m! a: B0 M" s5 s , q |* V) I+ u+ b' z& iChina'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.* _2 Q0 Y1 m; H' O2 d" t& n7 p( [4 e
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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. $ { d7 @9 q( a. q6 ~* H' H; }7 e; ]: f0 p4 J- i9 Z0 c* m! ]/ c
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.( k8 m/ S6 }* u6 Y
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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.” 6 ]9 j; v/ ~7 N$ F# G % n Q: e/ @5 sThe 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. # u+ _2 D0 s/ Q8 }+ v6 d8 w( _9 k9 J s; k% ]" Q
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.! a V8 P( }" S; h# a6 s
