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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。 9 j/ y1 L: X7 E. x! B3 t) N# q# K# B B
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。 * [3 S9 ^5 R; `3 P' p6 [ ) |+ x6 K1 N3 C! i: M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。- ^, c- u9 \4 B
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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。 : o) c7 S8 j9 j5 y, h" ]. f ( D& c H$ ?! U8 B- {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。 & p0 q% C4 c! {$ q4 p3 d" L- p2 D0 m: B. a) A
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。 9 s' ]4 E/ k% |+ ?) U- g9 `4 V2 L# P& @3 [ z9 ?. G7 w# }
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”。; T) k- I2 b2 ^4 J8 c
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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。” ; P1 t+ f _# L6 i) ~3 U+ Q" Z1 O2 f9 w
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。' r$ \. w; O9 u( i) s
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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。' n+ b0 t- V2 C- c" ^& n# }
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & L: _: ~- T' c7 R. d! |Wednesday, June 27, 2007 : v+ h8 I8 x9 |
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2 F2 T/ V/ _ i9 y0 qBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. Y6 ~5 H7 X5 F' k- }7 h
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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. ) u% J3 t1 z2 w5 j7 v + H" t( P" o0 ]) Q5 k! `) gGovernment 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. ; c) w8 z9 \6 K8 H$ U8 ? P# C1 T0 e( S
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.4 k2 I0 P8 ^- |4 S! a# l
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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.$ \, x# B. i* \0 H* 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. $ ]5 d7 {! }: `& _8 y6 @+ F) E+ @5 J 8 B* v+ S( A' U( A+ t' gThe 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 \3 |( Q. l: |$ ?" h v- t" Q
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . F6 e: d/ r0 B2 D- R! u# V% A - H$ k: {6 R. J3 E9 P; q) E2 ^( PAn 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.” / T8 n8 c7 [: i3 q( o% X ; [2 C% v& @4 w( A; F# F0 P! HThe 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.- j# c) L$ C4 m1 d5 D7 e
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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." Q, }; I! C5 P' i4 R
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