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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。; u3 ]: O5 ~% x2 v1 f6 m. i3 ~6 F
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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。/ |/ j6 G; I6 A+ u% f
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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。 7 T0 _! d. L! g# Z % u; j* o, s; Q0 E$ P a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。 . i5 V* R' P$ b7 K% N( B , \/ m, X6 S# P1 P0 _; e4 Q4 \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。 5 B! ^* T2 H3 i% x( S" { * z2 W* F( v- E! P& 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。 + b+ r u5 _5 x+ M# T- J4 o # e$ f X j# i4 F) B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”。 & u- c) S/ O g- a" m% ^* @6 S" \8 D) G$ X: f
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 ]1 e' b; c+ [- y( [& L, Y0 U- ~0 m; I; w4 _5 E- d& 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。 1 L$ Y7 Z% V X8 O9 g B# C! _- S9 D% L ~ k2 l1 Q) R" a2 K
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。 # H+ \7 N c. z B5 ]7 n* r/ b0 N" x2 |3 p
! R1 P P7 O* MBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 g5 J2 v G+ Z5 R" ^/ H
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 : F {3 o" j3 j; R B/ z& _
2 _. P4 D1 i2 t' U G . ~& |5 h) G# P0 dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / [' ?" _( x8 `& ^+ X- s: [ * W! F9 ~8 M4 u* M0 lChina 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.: S+ r+ L& C; l7 I. w
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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. ) W m) R0 @) z3 _9 @. j - m9 ^& m7 V7 DComing 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. I S: N& d, d' K6 j8 d3 e
K, f( T E! ~( E( b2 s" g+ OThe 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. 9 N# P4 U- u( D+ ]& O0 `( ~( X7 C7 F/ {' F/ a
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.. ]3 f- C9 D7 T
, I6 r. F2 P: A9 _* \, nThe 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. " w, K% Q1 b: q/ a. }; ?3 d - H& G1 [) T" j8 }; R2 eThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + y8 n7 n, {+ K& K& W2 T+ e* K% n @& C4 T9 M- z
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.” # H8 S+ Y- _5 a# [9 Y6 W7 K9 W& w - I. p5 W3 F/ K6 ^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. % I& K R4 L7 J3 X9 |3 j# G: I+ l& l! s+ ~
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.8 K3 H. T2 F. S* T H
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