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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。 / t4 T* t: ` ]( d* w 3 l& H6 J; {; v7 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。 7 P. r, C6 O! F7 J1 s0 G' }. Y" g$ Y. H% h9 ?
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。 + b8 e. \% [8 I% z8 X& c9 {/ ^ 1 P1 j! y4 D; B+ e- ~- X
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。2 B6 r! w' c+ A' ~" _6 Q9 u1 q1 ^( 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。 ' U3 k0 g3 n- U$ `% Y3 c4 [ R5 k o/ G
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。" t2 O. v3 j- Y! A/ I; e
1 s0 l1 v* F. e( f" e; d' @+ n' [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”。/ B6 K' I5 [- z d& D: M; Y! h; 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。”+ c2 K+ I% C6 b- D& p
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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。% |* p3 E. I% f/ g+ s0 C
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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。" n8 i% f) K% e: u
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2 r. ^9 J* r" ~. T' Y8 G5 P3 VBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , i6 D/ I4 l% ^7 i& S7 s
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2 a- P g0 Q1 V) f # N9 _5 w4 H' Z% X" f& T) G# A& o+ f( m+ ^2 X2 r$ x
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 M7 I7 T2 ^3 U% G T/ l
$ P- S3 x5 \" n% I# X! y$ oChina 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. 2 d/ Z1 s5 j( v2 t* R % M) c& z* l6 \' Y0 ^* _" K# t0 CGovernment 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. & s6 v0 ?$ U; o, n* ~4 o7 R3 G " A% [" F% O9 a2 D3 gComing 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.* S2 P4 m! u# J1 u
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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.; n3 q( l4 z x v' @+ E/ y
+ @" a: `$ X! i7 Y2 ]& ^( \3 f1 QChina'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. ; i0 a8 n, A! B \) }* q% G1 v* ?; l
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. # J2 ]3 y# M4 q1 M' @" M4 \ @& t) K f
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ! \. Y. S8 F1 ]& }) V& D& F) k$ y) r+ a. y# T4 _6 N. R) [3 O
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.”/ \0 @2 x, c0 M) Y
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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. + Q! e% l0 J$ K( v4 L2 X) ?' ^4 A) ~' `" f! ~# |3 o; ~# m
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./ ]" K& h( Y- u0 ^0 z+ @
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