! F* J- N5 R( t9 G- e6 p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。 - R9 x1 n0 x: z# R/ D F / \. Z/ t7 \ A' q8 x+ L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。4 A9 k! X6 H% w# p0 u
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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。) Q# O! ~6 o) u7 C& [ W) _
4 x8 N) O3 e/ b6 ~1 M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。2 ~ l! v" D0 d& d
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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。% N# N4 Q- S3 g* S- a
2 j+ X6 ^, A3 I: D+ J) m# E$ n- t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。 }$ N, W0 e3 p ; w8 L: Q$ @' ~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”。 6 n( J$ h+ V+ K: s0 a% ? / |" h. i9 J4 @& Z2 L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。”3 q& E: {' t8 f9 M! v9 w9 b
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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。 ! }, b9 U0 O N2 r; \1 v h& O$ S, z# Z6 o( s: z6 E
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。 3 L* s; ]/ u6 F5 Z0 ` 9 s& Z! J- A( W 8 Z) q: }( N2 ]1 A t9 [) oBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 ?2 W& H2 g- B: g' q- `7 S- tWednesday, June 27, 2007 " q+ I% }& D6 H
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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.4 h; B9 N/ j1 p7 L
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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. . D9 G( [$ c! Y1 Q' L) z8 ~% m1 m2 d" r0 }; b, r8 c$ J# R
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.2 W$ m" S" s; |0 o9 T7 m
3 G2 g1 y% d/ lThe 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. 8 l5 Y6 I7 ]; `. z& X/ X3 i" ]5 s- m9 E+ e
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.7 O% k/ D5 n: [6 L" N. e0 P8 l
6 G2 b* f) A) \$ Z' JThe 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. . ?" d) M, K3 W. i! Q" P; v6 o* y( S3 u3 `8 d" a+ A) y7 ?3 E
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.$ l, \/ J) `- }+ u+ z2 `' Q+ t
9 G, J, }" M( k3 A2 f/ w; QAn 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.”9 y5 W9 ^, M8 w6 T2 H) M
8 F( x; f2 s" H% B7 [$ PThe 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. 8 d. R7 C( O/ [: ~+ y% J$ Q 7 J' ^5 {* I$ KThe 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. k% x( r2 h; B9 J7 O) R; w2 K4 Z2 k5 D/ d3 t
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