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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。 * f/ i4 k$ \' d' t/ w! Q$ I- x- D- X , H- S, t5 {" {4 E2 [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。; b7 l* m/ q2 f2 X' c0 t
' N" T5 K* j4 f. A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。7 n5 d; K+ _" b& w
/ n1 `( N& I) F: 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。& _7 S6 V3 n% ]1 y( V+ U
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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。( C+ ~+ d5 n" @) T* k% Q5 Z
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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。 4 E8 A" H8 _; ?0 @, k7 n& k% C: z) g& x3 D5 o) `
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”。 & h- j% _4 K7 }0 m& g & N# {1 H. e; n, a* L2 v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。”' Z, p6 K5 c1 i
# I4 |# i: ]6 s! k7 A& |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。/ k1 t6 ]; ]: @9 c1 A$ |( k
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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。( M% O$ D2 V; `! l
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% r7 e9 j4 R9 h3 \& dBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - J; o$ x2 V7 QWednesday, June 27, 2007 " c3 w0 n$ o9 k5 ^- c6 o, u . V! ]3 l& q! q3 E - y+ c; o j+ c6 J3 bBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION) V# ^: \0 y e% m5 e% H( u
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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.- i$ G _2 Y6 ]
9 r% k3 R2 z4 x& R. D, a) G. |' oGovernment 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. 0 R$ G4 a' E% D; m" q9 ~ 6 E1 u1 c8 }6 \9 \* eComing 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.# M, M& c- o1 p: J8 r
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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.' K- \& G# P4 O! G) c8 b# H$ d8 C6 O
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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.( Q4 @1 M; q$ H
9 c- S5 Z! i; n% {# o4 n0 ~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. , O/ {7 G4 K0 F6 p/ {% ]# t 9 a( W6 N; o* h: w+ f6 ?3 CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 @0 g, K" p T( K
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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.” * m. F) u2 f5 K) \4 W% r9 I1 D6 `+ U! 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.2 `) E6 l) L: a% T
2 K* R0 H! K- Z) CThe 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.1 ~& z* R% H, Z- r
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