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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。 & _8 j1 ] f; G& a 9 Z% C. @$ q' J( y( s; 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。- c- A, R8 r& K- L
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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。' ]& G2 t* d u0 q7 ^+ r0 V/ g
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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。2 b- m6 Z& }$ p0 X: q+ d4 R7 b
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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。' X g4 A5 W& N' |0 B
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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。: _+ R6 Q% j [& k# j# D9 Y
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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”。 4 H+ K: W0 e* A9 }# s 0 I- {5 J% L- [( \; f1 F2 p: D5 A! O0 D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。”5 y! Y* {7 ^# ^( N5 A+ t2 V
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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。' v+ E; `( K1 ~ e6 K& S7 C
) c! u5 L* ]& T8 s. C0 ^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 v# n8 ~: H0 d. k
# f9 i j$ P( R( r/ c4 | : `1 O8 c* K! w2 W6 X6 x8 QBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 R5 n$ l% `* W! h$ W MWednesday, June 27, 2007 # b. N8 k7 ]! j+ a8 \ . B, O* [& T8 ^/ \) s# m2 `# q1 }2 i' H7 v6 e: c
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION5 M5 p) \- w( F7 A) c9 q
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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. / O+ R+ r b8 Z, B3 H8 ] N, D( q- p! P/ V( n y
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./ k; l* }! D/ 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. + y( Q9 W J" R% I, F. n & t; n0 s( x. v4 cChina'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. 4 h7 J4 R8 ~: K) Y% e5 G 0 B1 n: i1 v1 FThe 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. ' N, Q' e+ Z1 @; D3 t, `4 z4 }: @& j0 t% Z1 \5 W8 d
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & I o0 g; N% f% C7 N) T/ W, E- [ 0 B# R" S$ a: l7 |% r& l% KAn 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.” , @3 R# d9 k4 p7 _+ k1 ^# X! s' h9 T# ^7 G6 {2 z
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.% C9 t, U, ~1 T% O- D; [" ]
- l4 B2 {& v8 i, t5 y3 v- Z! Z- vThe 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. : M' p9 ]( E/ t : p6 O' e0 w6 p! x( I! G : u) \5 |0 n5 l' F# I : _* X% J2 G% B$ Y8 f7 W5 [Financial Times
