6 r: B5 Y4 O. }# m0 A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。1 u9 n8 V$ z$ _9 Z) y8 [6 u2 N
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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。; M3 ?6 r' q$ V9 N7 _8 E, g( Z |
9 |* o! b0 }' M" w# N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。 ) d0 a. Y2 Z4 a. P: g . E& t$ J3 x* y& C- u. |9 s
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。 # C, I. S& w& X) H' K* g # A2 K" }' Y0 h" K3 V; R" z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。 ' L/ f2 s3 H9 m' B( O5 M" i, b6 e/ e( j& m3 X4 o6 ?9 h
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。* g7 e8 E$ e- O$ u
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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”。 $ b) z1 ]" T& L' L8 V) H ' u! ]; Z8 ]( ?7 S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。” , `- s+ d9 K* F" V Z+ U % [; e5 H, Z+ t. \1 A _$ e/ B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 j- W5 L3 A" f) A9 W5 R3 R1 F& u# m; Y$ p( q
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。& _ Q0 K( s9 W( r
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , a' x2 v9 w1 h% ?" N4 b2 o
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ) |0 L1 f; d: A1 ^7 I+ k" V$ f 7 T3 ?: J8 r! G K0 L & t0 F" k; z4 r' gBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION : M" e$ Y5 M3 w9 ~& B/ h" A+ ?! x& k- x0 }0 d- U* 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. $ m" u: D9 Z r! ^$ X4 b5 a+ o) D( f& y. y
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." e& m& ~: i- V& N
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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.& u$ q i! v! c& _
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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 P k g! q9 B* |7 d : [$ V( m& o" ?6 Y& I NThe 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.4 ~# b/ |; o4 K2 _1 J
. n% X3 O0 }# ?/ OThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . w4 v M# T9 _3 b, s ! _0 m9 K$ x4 u1 x7 A8 K8 _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.” 6 s# `, g$ \: H+ y3 C $ z1 T$ r# x* S- w$ UThe 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.+ o$ I5 S9 ^3 H' H
* g7 C n/ e$ k; G4 aThe 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. ' y. n$ T% {/ a6 Z 6 z3 w) |( b* K / f9 [$ N, |" t! @2 X5 y& t6 F) N. S! z/ q' s5 H
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