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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。 # _, l0 j; @" A" J2 g6 q3 u/ J J, Y' x1 L2 N9 y7 s. K8 b6 {
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。 " z+ V1 i* V r8 w3 X. m. q! P) Q0 T
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。 ' s# ~; ^8 L4 f/ {7 }, n # |4 ^9 A% Z! U6 H3 _$ F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。 : I+ I& E8 g7 M" V# h" x! h& ] y- C4 `3 c( S
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。% M) L" M9 ^6 [/ G
$ B, b+ W9 u& T f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。) s1 _1 o: ^4 t, D K' L
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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”。6 p- ?! G3 Z' d" A7 [
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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。” / P/ }) }3 V/ I0 | ' F& Q8 t+ @1 S4 @9 S& f5 [7 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+ q' T( C4 [) h) y" r, g; Y( Z( @
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。 7 ^* G8 `* ]& @4 e$ e ' G0 N5 k c% k5 o7 W% o: \$ A) j4 N! ]
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , x7 K3 g" c/ b, e) M& N/ G
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8 G% J' ?7 I9 f- F6 i% P1 [6 b% ^) L) P" Z4 a( x0 x3 v
+ C' V1 V- U4 ^" \BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION) W* ]1 A1 @5 y) d$ @2 G
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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.2 u& m( `1 a# g2 t' w* ?, g5 L
6 r; d) b5 q5 t$ q+ ?$ Z, \$ ?8 Y6 qGovernment 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. : u! ]. l3 v; U) J2 N & h: R n2 L* e, Z3 XComing 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." U3 c: K9 }. N G4 V& @
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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. 4 ?* J+ C9 V6 E1 B ) C9 C8 m; y4 \# Y; `6 c. rChina'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.* _# C& o% U/ J# u1 |" L% i
W; U! W: B. eThe 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.: F5 F% |3 F& S
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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 X; C4 p$ G1 n$ C5 p- ^; M5 `
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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.”3 ^8 F0 n# b- _/ x" t4 I
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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.% E Q) Z7 A" g" I: W) D; R
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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.0 [" H V! J0 K. X1 {
