% T, @( u7 Z# X3 k2 C& R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。* g# c) w6 B9 T! X. p
7 y3 ~$ Y' A' C) l$ V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。. V6 M; ]( n, j; z) A6 [
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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。 ( h. P r9 r) f* I) G* n3 Q& m6 X# D$ E, o' u) O$ \8 C
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。: j0 [' j! G# R9 B
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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。 - |; Y5 `; f( T5 J! G% m 5 ^$ M8 k8 d# R( k( Z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”。 $ E d h; g5 q# \! G1 |4 |) y, g" P. a: C
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。” 2 m* m4 v% E* ~ z& F# V, v8 ~7 V6 d% ~! @- f! a4 y, m& _' ?
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。 5 \! q7 E6 o+ d) a% S) Y; s 8 \: D9 u8 i, l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。4 V- }: B) O) K7 }0 s- B
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 L: }+ D) l( b% B5 r. l7 K; U/ R- n
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. 0 ~8 n2 z" m2 A- c S4 ]$ a% \. Q0 V. Y# z/ p" J/ W4 h2 ^3 Z
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.% X8 K# t" [* X, k1 L5 c' p
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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. & X. A8 i# c$ x5 X( B$ D3 `0 X* ~, g( I( O0 i6 a
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.( Z4 s4 c. K; \* C5 T
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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- n: r2 G$ G6 O0 `2 ^0 N" g2 N+ u* s6 ]
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & s$ T1 I8 K5 R 2 @* K- O, A' V6 S! b) DAn 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.” ) E1 ^$ T% m& \$ ], [& }9 m# k; S( i3 _* e, j" V# P. _$ G
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. " ?5 D8 t: P& n, ]+ b6 T ! I& b$ F7 G6 `: NThe 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.4 s) B# Y0 J4 m4 S) ^% `4 Y
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