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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。 % y# e9 u: `9 c1 A2 C: ]! \ B* I0 {7 q& X. @ l' Q2 b4 I9 M, x
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。8 F+ [7 O' o: ?& V( r6 `8 |( h+ B
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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。$ V7 G- C ^, l- `; N; Q( l
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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。, d6 Q7 n" U; u) M& G& y
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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”。 . H- w& T0 X) }. g7 e" C' E . T! z; i2 r. p7 H2 |& A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。”& `4 k% d5 Q) F% v- B# P
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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。 $ c2 q+ E* k) Y# {! t$ E; F1 c% q/ w1 |
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 j+ i N& z* I3 `
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . M5 y/ g' N! R* i& v3 `( f. `% h
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 0 I8 P0 y0 P$ j8 y5 d3 L , u+ M7 `% e' r Z6 \7 hChina 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.( j: Z4 L8 `4 r) t. B
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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. - b6 |; |2 X5 b4 O' P' P) W1 L7 t2 z! x7 N6 [/ B
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.$ g7 X9 Z8 `8 ]8 X2 X! ]( p, }
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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." v8 ]+ b9 ^: R: t m
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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. ' j! E7 u0 ? W, e4 @$ R5 `. @8 t/ D* ?& e
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.2 _# N p4 ~0 Z- G. ^
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: a3 J& o1 K0 _" K0 W) s: b/ q
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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.”' [/ b0 |$ w+ I4 k
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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. 0 V3 n0 z" v* v" ?0 J/ S; u+ v0 K7 j! L% e$ f- m
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. + ~& a8 E9 x! I. N 0 }5 E9 _# T2 ?2 b$ f& D- A5 u. s / q: Z8 O" o! A( W* Y) n+ |% r2 h! U# G% L$ F1 D9 ^
Financial Times
