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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。% w" G* U( L4 w, b, B# ?$ a2 {
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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。0 x& [; {- N( u
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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。1 j6 B9 V. b; \! l. {. a; }
" d& e( _4 n( j6 z6 Y+ A& L- O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。 $ \/ v- e! ^# E5 A+ q - K1 n4 |4 W: G v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。 ' ^# ~$ j( T T( \ i$ h! z* F: V& y1 V' ]8 l" o
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。 - Z8 w* K. I8 p1 N4 B) j9 P0 R" j$ R$ X: J6 y
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 k8 t/ O; H" t! |: p+ X! ~" G% @0 \0 D
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。” ( A, s0 ?4 o& {- V7 H( z' J3 i1 w( t$ L
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。$ t. O1 O# F& s% q- z. t5 D
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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。 6 i S# G" K# a3 A- m A+ y) `! D5 V- n8 k7 C- K$ A9 |1 C. V" S
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 2 h4 g% {" m6 M. D6 H$ b
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION Q; r0 Z/ S- P0 _0 Z/ P3 A& W* _6 W* ]/ N# {* a
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.: o# `9 p7 ^9 J9 Y" U' 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. / s& b3 c9 E. x* @' g ' ^% s3 d) I- s x, J% bComing 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. 2 ^" H' _8 }' X. f( C$ f 7 Y# @' H9 U2 aThe 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. 5 b) T; _3 J4 }9 y3 D& [/ b6 a5 n, D& z! j' l7 H+ V
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.7 ]& g! I, m* l" F
) K4 R+ F% ~: n: {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. / X5 n! f `" a" j; X , v2 v3 D; Q# |% pThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. : V4 Y7 C, x1 W0 u; k/ y+ T8 E! E5 |/ `
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.”, [, y( n! l( [! M' n5 M8 H
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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. n( f2 S y: V, x
( o+ z# Z: V! ^ EThe 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. b- M O# q: ~, |/ G& f6 P- g
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