1 r& [- _! s0 e: W0 b# f x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。 / n4 }, S @: J) u# Y) c3 F9 M1 _ + _/ y8 G" @) @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。+ { A7 v' L- a
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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。 c k1 M/ L5 {5 k
6 s$ r6 [9 G) I0 [; i5 O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。 ) h# T& |- j3 ? ; G; J) A) ~9 ~' O! k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。0 m2 W* x, }& o, j' K' p( ]
8 `0 ?; i, ?7 `0 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。 + e {* g9 r- U& k7 m# f. ?# e' |1 O6 ?+ i5 M
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”。 - f0 t- m# T1 I: D3 U/ z; i- ~; _7 T4 w' _ {
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。” , M- X) U+ }) C, ?" I* e9 l 1 j4 k* Y! |$ B8 T4 ?* Y( u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。 ' B1 `; Y" {% S8 C. @' y2 Y/ R) B$ t; w) v& R& q
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。 # \- U8 `1 m6 N m) S: @7 h4 D / d* T5 C" R% G' ~& j- G 6 Q1 W- q9 i/ FBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - ]( \+ F2 [ Q9 d1 c* x3 i
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . Z# I& S. S: ?: g. x6 O5 ^) n / v2 j. b5 T0 d1 {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. 0 L% o4 L3 q! |5 a) r3 m1 {1 x" O% n$ H* }$ E, _
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. 8 `8 x1 f) S# c* F+ C- u; o( t+ R+ }2 {/ k6 \! j0 i' {- ]
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. ) o" B7 L. v' W: I$ o + |# \0 i$ [6 T$ HThe 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." l( o: }3 u$ E5 J2 a
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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. + g: R: s9 ]' y, |' }2 T/ @ # _( o) A8 S0 v, uThe 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. ( v2 [* H# R! g$ H9 P1 n& V0 L8 k e2 | ' ~; s0 L1 a& M$ y! h1 qThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ {7 K N* L0 V7 A
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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.”+ j3 O% d U y. [
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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.+ w4 H; t; I/ y6 f, z) X
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