, J, X7 t! k. g5 d9 y- p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。& k8 S# \% y) [7 P. t- ?) m
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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。; Q2 [( {# c* w+ A# f2 r
5 n" g) X9 m8 M( T/ }6 n* v8 z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。 4 F; ~+ q, y" V H7 q9 O0 v$ V. p# `' e( u
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。( L! z/ G8 I6 g: Q) {7 D
3 K- |/ P' I& w u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。 # |/ ]9 }. }+ W& K 5 L6 b s4 U) }5 l( ?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”。 0 w4 z- o! C: ?3 [ # a ?! l! s0 b- M) O: 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。” 4 I9 ?" q+ x% d" T4 l( s- }1 w6 {7 V8 U" A6 V/ {
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。 * P' }' ^4 ?7 _0 K3 q % P3 W2 W9 X7 H, c& ^7 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。 4 S( l3 U7 Q0 V5 Y Y 7 g3 M; p& U1 A4 }- R- y$ L+ g3 m6 y2 W3 j
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ |: w! J. a7 s; D, K7 HWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 P. H" m1 r+ W8 ]* \9 l* j- s6 T4 ?' M! g
9 h% ^- _( Z7 CBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' W7 Y9 `; q% x% ^ @
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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.' B+ ~; L' a& u8 m/ {7 f5 u0 D, N% c3 c# n
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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.; J% y0 ~- ~( \( A2 z: c( N
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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.% }8 H5 t; {% M' f, D) a- Z
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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.' [7 y: K: v# Y) h3 l7 u. }
2 ~; F$ m% s* d# V- X. ZThe 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.& Q( y% p: f8 \* x) A( X+ C9 |
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4 k: R# A7 b& v5 [3 gAn 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" W9 c! M+ s7 R, {/ ]4 d9 W" g
, g" B }! b' K' T* h0 j) P/ ]5 cThe 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 T8 q) F) O: i* J0 {% ^
6 L1 b0 I; l5 N' ~/ 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. 8 O* [9 {9 ]& a3 ^* g& L% d8 [9 d: y4 C2 g4 q
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