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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。 & I3 `( [' g. Y. @$ j! S, N3 o% o$ s" U i3 O
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。 9 P+ W W* D0 Z; S+ R , {- C2 B( p% v( v- K. V3 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。 / D" O$ W1 M* E ?' _. A* h( ^ p# e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。 k( c3 ?6 q9 N+ Z) m9 f6 L2 S; d, s) L9 o7 o) B; I
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。$ M! t( b* c# x& {
5 R% z, \2 Z, 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。* B- q) L+ N9 @( M1 G* k0 K: s
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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”。 7 m3 p8 s' u% C1 Y- [( A; k; ?* @ , f* y- N1 S# M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。” : |( m! f% E8 S& ]0 v+ @( M8 D ! K+ y4 d. R8 b% x) M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。 8 d, B" G3 R8 H. ^1 @. k. C5 y( R: G. {2 E+ k: k1 k/ P
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。 " a7 ~0 X* j3 O+ v0 I" A/ l % x7 J3 ?+ M2 p% Y' l& \9 Q3 J3 w4 I8 l+ N% d* G$ g
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 d& X: {2 P. R( g' p4 D8 M
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! G( l; _( X7 Z0 f0 ^/ Q% ~BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION F- ?4 r0 R! U; {6 V4 |. }3 h4 B3 x( d% {/ x) T
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. 5 q+ d9 D% s. b$ R : j; G5 ]$ E7 X* D. D7 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.2 P" _# O5 j, ` X. G: I7 m6 N: `
7 G" i j+ C5 q9 YComing 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. 6 s; K0 Z+ O& b& X, j8 ?9 C1 ?) s5 y6 x3 o5 X# A! D# a
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.- @0 ~8 o0 x7 b/ v
, U0 e) o* N2 D6 s4 K7 nChina'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.6 p; w, a: w, ^. F; j- S
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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. & [* y1 P" W' T; E 9 u5 H# ^6 `7 h9 u9 y( BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - }( P, O# H+ q! ^- G) V+ ? - r4 X) h( }+ P$ u* K: d. m; AAn 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 I/ c/ L+ ^+ [' i" b4 ^ _4 p; v3 s# Y: H- _+ Y5 ^# ]
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. V2 g9 G# j% p+ L& B" F, j
+ [% K \8 c8 K7 Z& PThe 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. ) v% |+ g! Y3 V- D ! _2 j. r3 q, D/ C4 ^0 x5 U3 R! C 2 F$ W& f/ u) A: P/ q5 } ) y6 ]7 s( _2 WFinancial Times
