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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。& } d. n4 E+ ]+ L0 S$ ?
, u/ a4 o, S; r. _. n ^! 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。 ; P1 L& f/ ?/ o1 T6 ]$ g8 H : [' H7 \' h/ g1 j7 A1 u3 K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。 " [, n' Y$ l& q- R* L( ~ ! K) e5 b# ~5 N3 k9 f
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。, g& j- r( m* Q; ]* n; Z
f# y" f7 K6 d5 Q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。( D) S, ? v& G# o T- g* f' R) M
; H b* P4 T; \6 `& P c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。 $ q* x# p0 G; |& ~/ I 2 M/ W# J2 _3 t$ {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”。 ; Q3 k# k/ ]: D7 x4 ^. t# `7 |3 {* C2 {% P
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。” . \/ p6 F# h9 M: Y - y$ S1 I7 C/ k0 D. t2 ~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。* n. A' J! z9 ~6 W- f
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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。! @* u7 ]9 }$ j& g6 D- F" ?
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( l, E: [1 f0 A* XBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . g" {2 J, a; J3 d; d
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' C t* i( w! c' @: U4 d1 LBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 9 F; ]0 u* ]. N" ? w. Y * r |& u7 `, E4 w; L4 Y7 hChina 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.; h# K1 t) |. p' a3 @& b
0 e( \; Y W2 C+ n9 ~8 rGovernment 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.9 N8 p& I+ Q+ ?4 D& a; ~
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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 ^; m/ L; o' S: [* ]. b5 x3 K+ `# n1 K0 Q2 y2 ~" |5 n1 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' [6 v1 [. B 2 _$ A. k! ?' O( C# j) u$ F, GChina'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 C/ I, V, n9 s$ p+ e" Y ( N! p& C* V. s$ L' bThe 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.9 m, s+ ~9 u& H' p: Y
" a0 G! q6 A+ P' t6 n6 ^: i( G, tThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 [5 o/ h8 v! p5 E $ r* D( X4 M1 @. [9 r. _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.” ' v( W2 [* E! ~4 }/ q% E: D0 f2 @4 q m9 H# @* @
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.! N0 r! G y7 |/ ]
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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.; A# P0 d9 T: w, B
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