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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。$ \# }- n9 _" w
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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 }3 [6 k' v |% ]4 X 0 F# H8 o; V: Q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。! _) Q; C( ]( ^) y
5 M8 K0 n% ^$ ~' D" s, k& M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。 : z5 a1 q8 E# X0 _# q7 V7 N . F+ V1 x4 \( B/ u0 n3 I; E E/ ^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。 8 o8 K' r% p8 H6 o; R- m- _ C6 w. U ' ]1 l4 b- n7 T) ^# u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。4 X. j4 D! o* p
, d) ^' k( i8 @, @/ E2 q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”。 : Q$ G2 B6 P3 Q9 f9 a4 T0 ~0 {- Z1 f/ n6 q
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。” % {( _- \* d' J$ [ " H$ N) e! t, d. i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。* [* P/ O, m: O
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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。 4 M M a% g4 b% G1 q6 S! {& _9 D% h0 v: o3 c
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 n8 J7 n! O) l, p7 ^Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 l" }5 _/ n( o) t
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" J& T9 [ V1 Y* X6 G" V2 o- T( X; HBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 p: [' A* h+ B: x9 E4 E- x, q ) W5 L2 D7 @0 N8 d+ n- u1 sChina 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.4 g; q( I* s6 E$ i2 ^
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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.2 q J( \5 c& T9 @& R4 h6 l
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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. 3 ~. D% k: M& T4 X* x0 x5 o+ K1 C7 B. W" k1 y; J2 `
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. 3 P! Z' X7 O. |, G1 K' Z6 T+ Z( k$ M0 A% |
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. : w# h1 C: h7 y& u0 h+ J" {) _9 u2 G6 @- h* b2 n
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. 4 p A( X0 r' S8 G! o, | 9 Z* n# q( M1 h, r6 L3 [" Z0 @% RThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' h& `; l Y% X, @& Q$ E: J) B
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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.”! w( J* I( y: E) H
4 ^+ |! d5 Q9 Q6 _8 m3 i r$ K# lThe 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. , E; V ^1 C; W2 k+ O5 i& A+ r: |. K4 h7 ?& {
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.' m) \1 l1 V8 [0 G+ K
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