) a y$ w9 v8 q7 o0 Y7 A4 B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。' V: l" W q8 q' B5 m
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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。. M K, b% b4 }# w& p* u8 I& A& t
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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。; ]# E# K* z) p/ G% O; K
$ M6 k+ I6 Y4 E4 O# M: Q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。 + M& E o7 a/ t: N0 O! T* C* A5 n , c* c' q+ t& Z. q3 Z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' @3 k8 T! I2 A & C1 L% ?! G- R3 `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。; O, M& F1 ~8 f. r" D
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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”。 # m$ r, w+ ~9 o- p7 ~ ) e$ t- k) n ], M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。” % e5 x u/ ~+ R" ]0 v/ I1 o6 r4 ]% h' y$ s" [% x
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。9 ~5 m" o* V4 u
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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。 $ q+ H/ J2 b+ E2 \( w- h4 E$ e 2 H! I1 N* J$ n7 E5 o- S) ^* c; X
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 Z# }- |2 g2 m ~ * a. m1 }+ b0 P, D! W7 O% r4 ?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.% e" c' Z( E! Q
$ O( K( M- Y3 D- w. Y7 h4 f+ ?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.% L @1 J8 ^* ~: f: z' m
2 E7 ~& y3 {& b# ?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.. N8 }, J( n* D2 c' U4 W
* G7 \. A" o# ?3 ~9 R eThe 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./ j! m8 t# D- y% L! ~1 u! Y! Y
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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. 5 Z5 Z! Q) b8 v7 J/ x( Z* x 7 C8 U# X3 I; f6 j% E+ Z' PThe 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. % j; ^ A& n A' K; O$ N4 z/ f* W$ W9 D+ q6 ?" X' _
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + h- r" ?7 h$ n 8 k q* |/ V7 K( [: gAn 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.”" j- a( M" K9 A4 [/ m- [; `) |. O+ J/ ]+ r
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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. # f9 Q" s. V+ [( C/ b- h3 _: z2 t% O+ ~
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