0 f4 ] P; Y. ]; |- c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。4 m3 Y5 d0 x y& I4 Q+ H) {" t
% U2 U, a/ {3 t# i+ O. V0 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。. C1 z. K* l2 \3 {$ y/ i0 q
( x2 `# [# X$ K3 D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。 " z& J, I9 s! N% V8 p* B# v * b- b/ J9 }, y8 G' N
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。 ' X. v- c1 p8 s; J* A& l: [2 Z& Q ; g' J- E+ b! y5 R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。 ' I+ S/ A# [ ~5 O 7 E0 ~# N$ }2 u& b, \/ D) 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。- ^* d1 M( [& F
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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”。) U- _' g* z6 a" q
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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。”, v8 u* b( a/ F7 i
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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 V2 C0 O0 O% Z( n6 v7 V
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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。/ a/ J7 ~/ F6 Y7 a c, u
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$ ~+ D+ ^- E7 s! S0 f* {0 n) \BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / _9 w3 p3 t9 H$ |7 I- { V# H% @- v% w; Z; z" @# m
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.; G9 y/ k4 T; T1 v
/ w% S9 C- v6 C& j4 {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. * m7 a o( K/ J4 l0 ~1 Y( [! w6 o1 u3 K5 _. I2 X
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.4 m* J% m( a3 G- T H
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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. 0 v( h( F; g# b1 a. y' `! K. M ' I) N9 V. P3 H/ n! YThe 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.9 G# i1 S. N8 } X! _
0 w( g) C5 ~/ Y% Q3 ]2 x+ |The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 1 u# @7 ]2 x# |( |! h$ P9 W+ }& S# q/ q9 l
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.” 7 U& Y u6 v, l0 G 7 g |5 w R' {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. 9 D2 I( C! N; k1 u- O8 D& M' {7 y 5 T. j0 K& C* K8 D9 A1 S' T' Q! aThe 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.! g; _ y) \3 Q9 c
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