/ G6 i7 v. n/ k# ?( [) H3 l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。# s9 w8 v. c G) _( P
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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。 # C' j6 W% G0 B8 v% \3 D & j: O' h% L' P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。 : L' K7 e( @3 M % }# ?9 G+ c9 W) n. Y
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。 / {: T# c, t, ^" j7 s* h, K+ Y% H
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。 ) g6 [) b- f# Q8 t+ x, G5 k. c! _ + r: j8 G4 y% }) f! D% O8 [/ ]$ G9 F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。# f3 ~. {- ~& G8 T
7 w5 |: b3 N0 T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# d1 a x; E* X# b3 ~/ ^3 s6 T3 B: ]
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。” 1 b3 Y, E# }& |* ?0 t+ E: n* o b+ [, o/ I& Q( }' Z. \
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。; c0 [# \2 C6 @! Q0 m# N
0 G0 w% q9 G3 _$ R5 G- I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。 . N1 u/ L$ |3 I' Z7 \, j0 i" C! Q: u9 w# G- S' Y [1 q
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION6 e' t E4 h! {7 g
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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.) ^% s- z$ z ^% p! V; |
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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. 5 K+ j z) j* C1 e3 _8 y0 m# X 0 g M1 }5 o! t pThe 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. $ y9 R- m6 R/ T1 K6 W" ] }" \, z. s2 T. m& n% M
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. $ A% A, [, ~' N1 u0 x9 P% H! r9 M D5 {
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. - t/ F2 O+ u: s7 Z. s! { + p8 b* k; `. \# ^2 VThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 0 y `2 e! ?5 b2 k / ^& R% i! W. q. uAn 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.”$ k! I7 ^+ c! Q! c X4 T6 b. c) M2 {
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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. , m9 D9 s" Q* M6 h7 N, k' x* p $ M! G2 J( ]: s i& y# cThe 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. 3 S" a2 N, x. {$ H8 r7 n0 v6 T7 ~ : V# p% q1 ?: E4 n. w: s! [ # t) u' q! r. r3 Y- W ( `. t4 ?& T& P! E* U* J( |% aFinancial Times
