% Q" T# _$ ~' J5 t. ^! P* _" Q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。! c; w o# D- x7 X
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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。8 P4 Q O! J X& {3 B# @+ e# K
, k. j$ W6 ^$ s3 e W& a+ b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。/ n7 R* ^; N* o; W% z2 F
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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 w; j! q$ ^) C, ?- M4 w) A; Y0 y7 e" w t2 W
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。) T! d! c( K5 Q
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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。 ; H' C% d7 j/ e$ S) ^2 B( m! r0 S 8 }4 y& q9 \1 \! T/ x5 R8 ?9 S' i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”。 $ t8 A7 U8 N. B. A* o 1 i/ w3 F* r l- W# \/ @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。”2 B. m, D- Z8 i$ j
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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 y7 z" ^6 Y; ]( ^/ \4 B6 I2 T" H9 F, `4 u! f; f
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。9 Z7 W8 Q8 w, V. O) @& ~' `, o6 C
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' W9 Y% U; `7 t8 NWednesday, June 27, 2007 " d" C C" t$ d) ^6 u: m$ c 3 \" w3 h7 I( u" C; l* u- I7 `/ \( N8 L& g5 f& J! q$ C
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION $ o" g% ?; f+ Q" r# F; R0 R& ?! ?# y2 L; s/ @
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. * F4 c( K; a, k0 s" T: u" a- o - ~( O- @0 N4 g& c4 [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.# d: l2 A1 v9 z) V" R% W
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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.+ Y/ Z; o2 B7 f; b; f& }% T9 V. I1 N
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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. # n+ z* o) g/ f 1 h5 K) k& d3 q/ n8 h4 e$ lThe 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.. x8 G: l- P2 r2 Y
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 8 S, k" [: b1 o1 A. H3 b X 3 }! F7 p6 c6 e! H1 b: ?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.” ) T+ o. ~2 `: E9 e) r- f4 W7 P r9 B& j' s( t/ N/ y
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. + G' G8 B& {( a$ a( q" n6 N0 L. j' J- g1 h
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. 6 \% T4 u. ^- e5 Y( d 9 I+ A# _5 X$ n/ C# J: \5 R* a: K 5 G5 C& V8 L2 w4 g1 K6 i- d7 ]3 ^# Z. C) e F( m' W" ?! x
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