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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。 1 | W/ \$ B' {1 C8 ?. [$ P0 a& V8 C& v* Z. r
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 M0 V" S0 W/ R( v
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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。 4 b7 V* O5 l# _& Q 9 H$ n4 { [, {) 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。 & x( L8 g+ y& o1 V% ?- e N7 T$ W T4 V. s6 b4 ^$ N' W
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。7 E9 s9 i/ k5 s: p7 P; F6 T6 k1 O
% s; \1 c2 W' i- \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。 9 ]/ n0 V9 q2 e4 J( R+ H/ d$ `2 W5 q( c
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 E6 x% K& H ^3 n8 f' G+ Y ; b1 ]( A- |+ u9 w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。” 6 [; {; @/ E/ J" V/ n4 M% r! o* M4 n) C
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。+ a* m* H3 E0 n, r) W
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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。" ` T- }) A! e) t! n- w- v! r R' z2 F
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 j2 `( [: e+ ?: rWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 D$ j0 i& v- n0 s5 g2 O4 u
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 D! k$ q& R2 T0 L
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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. 7 Y5 i0 f, |% b' E$ Y1 K" e- {' `8 Z1 \
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. & [. p+ Q( a" m5 z- {2 E( t+ l3 e6 B. x; V( g4 v
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. : G @- y) h# @. z) q% a7 o, e . v1 x# J0 J8 O* n1 P( D/ Q) zChina'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. * `2 h( [& g' m# W. \ N4 Q' r" f( l$ H/ Q P" D; u8 k
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. ) @# r c( I7 J1 ~7 k0 e/ B$ b; S ' l- t/ y/ g! TThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. N5 }! z5 H2 y8 S) u) U/ `, N3 y# d3 ^* q
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.” # v: I2 L+ P- \+ R. f. Q: [* L+ T' m/ s y& [" T, d. I
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. 9 I2 l9 I( ]" Q/ R! P 6 b% _# x( y# z0 m6 SThe 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. & C0 O" ~. M. g( |1 Q & `- x! e* Y% L; ^( Y* C2 ]; B+ c8 x9 ]) N
