* n6 _+ Y6 X2 a8 g! \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。" j; x; N' E( k) w" [' m
6 H2 ?8 v1 Z6 A* r9 r: [8 o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 z/ n8 N: o- X4 E* ~$ q9 u' ~( W0 G
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。3 w u/ j$ N7 W# V& d- X7 P3 R Y" z
! h8 u: m, t+ K5 J+ s$ p/ j X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。# e% L0 v0 B/ R. M& l" z3 n0 `5 }7 d
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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。7 M0 C5 o. y" u$ @$ r4 H6 m1 c1 m
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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。6 k/ u4 b8 q' H0 v) b ~
2 _3 [. C! B. d- G3 L+ s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”。: h0 D4 g8 `% a/ k) ?5 y
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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。” , v- X$ \3 L$ }" W+ \7 [' {; g+ `6 G. x3 V
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。 & K3 U$ c; M9 x3 R2 U) p- N4 \6 x) D s% j- L0 e
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。9 Q3 R' c* f: d7 |* M* K' v
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* d6 y- H. V5 e2 v" h" P6 T' eBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % n) A$ h& W: M7 ?, Y. r. l. n* ~Wednesday, June 27, 2007 % W! C6 {! U, d! v 2 p6 y' i" a( X3 [/ X! k) W3 U, c: o# E1 H8 u
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; g' _% @0 n1 }- M; l1 b/ N: |$ U; y6 J' s C/ M! ^
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.; Q9 A3 v! j5 k. O
) ^+ M; \, A k* J' OGovernment 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. & D ~) t7 E* U" k$ o . s. S# `6 T0 z- j3 K$ SComing 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. 1 H! o2 Q0 _5 \' [8 y & J7 E9 {! K5 H% [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.% m( D6 _: z i# _- q+ Q
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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 c8 M& Y/ R, [( t) [
- o) a6 \0 z$ l) k V1 eThe 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. 1 _4 A. W( s9 j, ]( q* Z& P ; [2 p0 n! I: X- ^4 gThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.4 w, p; N$ R2 i. b, [ } T
2 e, E! [( I' y: WAn 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.” 7 ?- x$ D. f( [$ Q0 T; @ g* K- J/ \$ h. F2 C7 p" w
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. , P* B3 _ |4 N" @ . M# S* [ V" o& {& ?: n7 |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. # n/ `0 B& W) }& Y0 T , ~, E9 B7 T; {& v3 H( }) g6 K6 d# P
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