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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。 & M% m) ~* u: M* s$ L7 y) E4 [( W
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。 7 f# R2 }) c |( _# G( i0 g8 } p# M: a: f
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。# K' p- ?6 N1 i [% {
9 f. ?' g& ^8 i8 i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。 ! L8 \- L/ j6 _* ]5 E5 J2 S3 T& `9 G7 V" o8 `3 U
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。 D7 N! n8 a7 M" H
4 w" T2 a+ a" n8 G5 w# S$ p% e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。 , S8 r( j) Y6 f+ W( S6 r! ~0 }/ `0 L' a3 }7 v
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”。( E. d6 W M& [( b" z6 z- I
0 H4 b& G) ^: {; x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。” * ~3 z, v, v+ K& q2 { 5 X$ m; Y+ G+ r6 J# _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。 i0 s9 F& y6 d/ [, B" [ 8 c0 M# c- E) C: r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。 $ c7 e, F; @: B3 d m( d1 ?7 B$ P$ P& e! a: f7 l
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( M" ^1 x# H5 X- ~
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6 J, S) M# p' q/ Q" C 8 ]4 N4 A! M. M3 }% nBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 N3 E( c \ o) b. v* _6 A
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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.: C8 G& L1 D/ h/ D- u/ e
9 G. R; X/ H; iGovernment 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. ; a+ ]0 m7 @4 a) n7 b j " o; @9 ? s) @* }6 F* k, G4 YComing 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. . m$ I! n0 f' _ ! v, k" C" \8 A7 VThe 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.: V4 u6 F, O8 f8 \5 Z
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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.* g3 T, x5 O3 i# A( a' Q
$ e" g2 A ^( Q5 S& \% ^) b6 KThe 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.8 S) f9 \- X0 K2 m6 d; o8 c G& S/ X
! g) \0 {( z# c% x- p! Z9 |2 AThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' v1 ~0 n- g8 F( j# i6 Z& l9 C, l+ a) j e
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.”5 O6 R+ W* u; }2 d
: y7 N G5 J) x9 t6 D0 H/ [; q+ jThe 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 n, n: B* H4 s; V: O) w9 n) b& {) n- V6 T& [( F1 f
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 U2 m+ G% b) Q- G2 n5 }6 @6 a* e9 a# J$ ]. m' }; j* [4 v7 v( h
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