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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。: B' u, O$ u3 T
3 a2 t1 e( z. }- J' z6 F# _! H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。# W' l: j3 H& \8 H- [
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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。& X4 f% p% U2 D: r# d
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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。3 ^' Y0 {5 w- y; {0 J8 t, L
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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。4 C3 t' o7 r2 U- P" g
6 C1 g1 C5 g. N, M% A$ v, p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。; b$ \3 [7 `2 _
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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”。2 H) _2 m. P' s& u9 }: F
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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。”- b S v" b O6 K) z9 D
0 O: L& k! Y$ i; w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 [- i3 `; U, S
- |5 u- ?. T) D/ @ % h. X/ X9 ~4 {4 lBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . N( y1 t: _* F1 ^' @; CWednesday, June 27, 2007 1 X" M( V, T" X! R
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 u3 R) t% b/ Y- v$ V1 G: ~! W4 N& c+ o4 s$ |# v: i! `
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. & ]$ j5 Q; T2 M/ }" \% s- F" h) K s3 Q' f1 U% `
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.& Q. p8 d# T, J% K
% e" a- n0 q, G8 [0 Y5 h% S3 m" v8 VComing 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. & {5 Y' [9 B# V Y8 H: @1 O ) q6 a% q& h/ PThe 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.1 V2 z( R+ T8 c' y0 J( A
* j6 ~' J* r7 w1 E1 [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. $ y5 W9 n7 g6 F , H8 N8 k& |4 j, u* a. L2 s% XThe 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.% k. Y$ t3 B: F$ o7 p
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 1 C ^8 a$ W5 q" H7 F 4 z7 B( s2 L& TAn 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.”: j4 P( i' q. V9 h8 h9 p# }* g
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6 h3 W; l6 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.0 P. u* j7 ]+ e. N7 S
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& k6 Z( P+ u( J* s0 p) N . Q- m6 Q7 x8 F9 l( jFinancial Times
