x& q: i0 b% ^, ^1 o& ~, \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。; w: l/ ~0 s* M; t. \, k
; _' \, E) ]% S( k$ H# i' U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。 U2 ~' M. u( R _% d; k ! }: i( p. n1 r4 h+ Y- X% A5 S, k C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。% ? ~4 I# p* Q; t
3 p* y& U' K* _; v9 a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。 ! X! L8 N. x) c4 g g9 v5 ?+ X, x9 _' m0 F$ G! W! H6 \2 w% s
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。 . u. T* W: Y5 w$ X* ? , q& q6 \' d: ? n# v; o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。; I- u$ a; v. `& y: g1 ?
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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”。/ }. W& y2 o/ G
0 i$ u2 e0 B% r" Q- s8 Z2 r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。” : B' u2 q6 \# u' X 7 G3 u- T N) 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。6 n: I r$ ~4 `+ x2 L8 W
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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。4 t2 c( a& P% p) ~' E1 J0 Y
- n& B( W) r3 M& M3 Z( q- ? 6 X$ |; ], y4 gBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai " S: i2 t: B! W" e3 z
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 * u$ c" I. |! M 6 s) g: j/ d! H* C e & m4 {$ V7 S8 SBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 9 _3 }" O5 A7 y" {9 l " {7 i# N S$ q& N. E4 a# Z! ?: iChina 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.* z! r4 a5 S d6 E% |# j
# `1 I) |4 A: `5 g% U5 l5 I# WGovernment 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. # H) ]4 t& ~% [1 U7 i2 d + B8 j* G, f5 Z$ S) WComing 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 C1 K! `. B) b# ~- s# C
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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. ( |$ Q4 S) {1 L: y1 M# O0 N) |# B2 B+ f6 g
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.0 H5 Q+ Z- N- H9 V
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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. ( f6 M; w% a" \& h, v: ]; s0 F w* e
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.& y9 j, q) n Q9 e- |2 m8 {
1 C. A( X0 _+ OAn 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.”$ b5 l8 n; a$ V% X% ^' E+ `6 T
2 \: a" m3 C8 M# W- OThe 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.! Q8 S m. u8 x" L( i9 j l
# d* Y5 B5 x5 I9 }$ r* q3 WThe 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. 7 p" J& ~2 b: U% A, a- G* h0 e6 m- W) _9 K
