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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: Y9 H' ^( c
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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。" O0 V& j8 G! A+ b& U" N# |5 ^
6 _! _4 F: z4 u7 ~' M X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。 7 ]3 S" [ E% h0 Q6 [2 p $ @; _4 B8 H$ Y, i0 {4 N* k$ ~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。" J7 c b% I' P) S. b9 G! z* H4 ^: A1 ~
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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。* d7 `9 a5 J( r; P' y
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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。4 F% M' M/ L6 ^ B7 P
2 \4 `5 F/ N+ G: E. I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”。 ; ^# ?% @; J6 ]* g. p; ?) `, j& c" g9 A. d
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。”# b* o+ ^$ \4 V9 O; X# I
7 @7 Z1 [9 O! A% X" t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。 / ] W6 b o9 M# E- Y$ T3 v" E7 M* n# M; X, v
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。7 E, y% N; `( K$ x7 V
8 ]. R! L* e) d" w7 D0 m! {! s : [: _/ i& t$ dBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ V' p( k$ N: IWednesday, June 27, 2007 + r6 @* r; e$ @/ _2 ]- J# T . M' v4 n5 b |) j) t" z2 d 7 B2 W. k+ r; I! d( XBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / r: J/ M+ C! S# B- @ , Q+ D! J e5 v- u, ]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. 2 k5 Q6 u" e% m# T5 X $ Q3 w. T5 f: sGovernment 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.+ S" g) C1 }: z$ b5 R
) a8 K+ R5 |3 V6 w+ FComing 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. ( @( k' O+ r9 }9 b( V4 D & b$ D6 _7 J; Q+ I1 X* \8 C: AThe 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. # T0 d9 }4 g3 y/ N* z+ s8 y8 ^' v 8 h, d( T" w7 m6 \# _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.: K" E& H( L9 r/ j/ z
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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.8 G. g( g: Q( c7 [& }. l8 r, D
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 6 ]" {7 b/ q! E3 l1 ]- e , Z; g4 V/ X5 ^' dAn 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.”8 S# ~2 |8 F3 A* ~4 ^/ V5 e' h s
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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.6 k6 {- Y* v( G. Y
6 _ s2 j6 s- S, A1 cThe 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. 8 J( T! W1 s% _5 o . \2 e% b1 V8 c ' V6 n6 O8 A2 f% b, V 1 X- ^! G; C3 _) B lFinancial Times
