% S& ^, T- o/ _* l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。 6 A" A5 w2 n* A: y+ ?' ^8 J! I & a' f; B& D. A; X, V4 m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。 7 F5 R5 L- W8 ]2 d: T: s' i, n B2 g0 y- W( H1 X0 x. 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。+ L9 E- }' s( x4 L7 j# \7 `) i
) ~( U7 u* y7 B2 R2 |+ J; ~. }* b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。0 Y; k# C- t S; F9 f0 W$ N
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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。 " ?+ y |9 \0 g* h) S3 `' q+ N/ N2 y' T4 c! W2 P
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。 # T# R# f E+ G8 |8 ^* x/ ~ N: z0 c# E" \" b, c
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”。( G- K; ?! T7 q) l: B5 o
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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。” & D6 U% u& T9 a3 x/ C& a/ u) J2 R) l. }
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。 2 I* D2 @2 O. h* l7 n, P. e& {# }. f! r* }
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。, P% q/ ?5 V/ w( i+ A6 J
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 p. y; d4 p4 t- d8 r! hWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 p, g& r$ t1 l2 N$ V- L , D) W* X& O! h# M/ g% ] 4 d! E* A: t* ~BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION9 J0 ?+ W# t5 t+ t- N8 W
5 ?) N. Z$ w: O3 ]7 {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. . j6 {, E: y0 u. B- M, u E: ]" } / w( `& N1 p1 {. o' x; {1 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.+ n' V& G0 g% P U
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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. 1 ?/ z8 ?/ S! G5 ~, A( t7 x' s+ K7 K" o% \* M
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. " s) X% m) }' Y: Q% N, N i; g" L ; G! M0 b* U% X/ B2 cChina'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.' r" a+ D% x' U; S) W- E" p
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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. 3 W/ I+ C( a* @/ p& X2 R 7 @; }5 t, i" {$ }The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.5 ^2 u/ R, `4 l, l5 D& a, C( ]
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An 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.” % p) V0 Y. R1 q4 R. | 9 x0 g* ]( D3 G$ \" g' Q' _0 qThe 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. 9 `" r& s* q# O! W0 N- E7 H+ ] 4 k" b j, h6 {! E; uThe 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. + R5 T, x( m1 t _2 H - V+ a1 P ^% I$ u; { ) ]$ [% | G# P& f* H' |, V6 ^ ( s! \' |( N$ z" o6 u, {Financial Times
