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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。9 N( t0 Q5 G+ o8 X3 L9 e$ s& \
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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。 6 F$ N8 H. s- O6 ]( d3 `% P' H2 c ~8 R( G* U) Q/ l. H: 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。 ) T8 ^/ G# Q0 U' U1 `, j 3 H) c% @4 q: o& n* N: V) w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。8 `' n# ]& e8 k6 ~7 [ P
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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。 % q7 a- N8 d k/ T' l+ O% x- w8 a" }3 U( R {
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。 2 ^0 {0 o+ d0 l1 c+ W + L5 Y& C, i7 F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”。7 W. Y0 {0 ^; K* T7 U8 t" K- C
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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。” 5 u; Z! I& e1 t+ a5 s5 S# ?1 e* n7 w) c$ {" s9 c8 G- H
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。 2 ]$ m% c3 G' I% X% h ' W6 a+ H$ b V, l7 }2 S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。 8 X' {2 ^* ?2 N 4 g8 n+ O$ E4 y9 i+ \$ M0 @( A+ c+ C9 g; R; f
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / D2 s; D3 w% C9 x! w6 k
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION( W X5 v6 ]& A2 ]/ L
2 b# q, M3 s- x: l0 DChina 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. # X4 B/ z* X$ N; G : e+ T; B; O- [3 _3 ?. e* mGovernment 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.& h# z4 C+ |" _5 j3 w
2 m/ F3 o. }% r4 hComing 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.: j9 c( s I" O" S7 s0 ?; Z T
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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. / \ }! P; Q* H' B) @& M; W , s- l4 d# z* f- T9 M8 z! GChina'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.% e3 w7 Y: ]9 b2 J8 c: q9 R
7 ]6 x- B5 Z/ ? a0 W: }: c3 yThe 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.) J& Z4 p2 N5 }; Q' g9 r# X h, ~
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / |0 t* V% \. D5 C * z/ C2 D1 n# o5 j- `$ }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.” ; S% @& v# P( X& |& o9 g3 d ) y) U! r2 k9 @( H+ SThe 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. 3 ~8 C/ x! T2 `4 R) O 3 r: W; S" t% s8 F- g9 X4 I$ F# jThe 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 }+ ?" K5 C5 d; E1 L * T! k' d8 o( e; V6 ~+ x, r% |' \$ e# r
