, b1 u5 }+ ]$ D. P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。( p/ w$ T9 l( Y' E
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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。 4 K; I% G* g" ]2 e/ w) r" A2 E H0 ^/ z! i 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! p9 ~4 x) r$ ?8 u9 T& U9 m
% V$ u& P* f1 A7 K# N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。 / c2 z& p3 m4 j* s U8 {$ n: ~" u V; N$ C5 S6 t7 }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。 " G, H* W' M3 P4 }2 g' @ s$ _ / Z) l( u3 w) R+ s6 z. r" b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。; d6 x/ B8 h& x) o9 [; g
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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”。, X+ o4 A0 Q6 c3 a d7 F) \! P
/ n$ p( O4 u6 m9 v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。” 8 ^2 k$ l5 n6 p. v- h1 ?* E 2 O$ h8 q1 h2 h5 l/ Y5 v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。+ q1 x& _# z( l' j0 |& S
+ N I" n: `/ J4 s8 G0 n" H) Q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。 1 x/ q4 F8 ~8 q! d( k; k J 7 C' S% N+ G! R5 g0 ~ % q8 }& m8 [! ^! ?- }! {1 u: sBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / N1 P& a6 q* g: I) o; iWednesday, June 27, 2007 5 a+ `6 O( J1 r, \4 ~5 B. ~5 w' E. F2 n: @! P& R1 G# Z/ Y
& {8 w9 w3 G8 CBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION! q2 G! E! M, q& U- Y. ?9 D; b8 Z
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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. " Y4 j; b1 h% d7 U# }3 V ; R& ^; u' G' _Government 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.: f' K) a0 X! B; n8 t* l
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4 H/ I" @1 B, ?$ e3 H/ 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. , V; Q: U0 G0 e& s7 v: o' ]- ~! S1 ^' [ ! r3 L; b G# B' _8 T" _. j7 \7 OChina'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.; H" w, w- j) Q7 p$ q/ D( I
5 H" k) H i/ zThe 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. & G9 i4 ~& |* l9 Z( a 9 _, ]4 ~3 M8 c) [' BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: m+ S9 f: U! T
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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.”$ n! ~6 p0 d }, q3 ?. P, o
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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. 7 b2 q/ p+ @1 N. ] - r9 h# n" r- F/ T; }. ~- c2 W/ U( S, }6 h7 j, k3 N9 U
