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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。+ t& Q" u, U* Q2 y& [
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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。" n3 u3 {4 U3 d" h$ T. q# y
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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。1 U, z4 c& |; n+ ]# Z' o& u, x9 ~
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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。 ; u9 ]8 g( z6 X- A( b, f & J0 ~3 P% P6 W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。, r5 L* D' s8 [5 B
% ^$ X& ~3 t+ H* ^4 T; P0 ~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。 2 g) N. q0 j5 k7 ?4 [$ p: Z 1 y$ p$ r7 m3 I9 P: T5 b' _) R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”。7 \, S# P1 ^% m! @8 A
, L2 {: f" V, p% R5 J; ^' _! m; T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。” 8 ~% m7 v4 x# O! Z, ]! R % H3 s l, M; ~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。( s# M( R# L+ {! f1 r5 ~: Y
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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。' l3 K7 J" _9 V5 L
/ h! `" w# H7 U; U4 B+ n / c! ?6 ~6 S+ Y U$ t" vBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & x% m9 V' _- b- W# V5 J7 d0 bWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) r/ q' J, h! b( Q6 Z! s) Z+ }
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8 c9 s; t4 M% L. T5 A( CBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION/ @5 ^! ]8 I+ u$ K R; _; P
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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. w$ {) B% Y: o7 w. c
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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. `5 {# S& F0 B. e# 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.! q( O' R6 ^! R
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- e) {$ h ^, F( KThe 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.0 u" `& T3 Q' d9 V F! F
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) \- H& l% Q6 I% m% i& ]6 G' M0 C) N6 K: 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.”. P4 Q! S; a( d' O5 ~4 o
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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. 3 ]# g. n2 x& W% l" b9 {5 }6 c% {2 P+ O+ @7 ^
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. " c" \7 X6 C% J1 V - F; E# w$ q* Q9 U' V . R* _0 Y. h7 P7 ~& c0 F' z; s9 B" B( u; q$ F) O( v
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