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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。 6 v3 D$ x* a0 q+ j/ l " m9 T- | O+ o _- U R; 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。5 [) r) |3 ^+ t* E3 R
7 X: X3 B( \3 ^ N; E. F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。 / o/ ]% T. l& N" x ; v5 H3 N1 v2 I
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。 / n) ]; i2 Z) H 1 i0 A3 h5 x+ Z- O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。1 b8 j; X0 \) l) ~, _5 N3 i+ V; R
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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。+ V# `+ c8 ^7 ^/ s* w
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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”。$ l7 o% v! G& b) @
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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。” " M( E" R- K( ]* ?" `3 X, O9 a6 r3 ]0 O4 K! f4 V% a
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。 K- L H, C- l" D& i* S! {: J. ?# d* h3 t/ u
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。 * u5 D, U8 D% b( |9 X* ^: I8 P& }. B* }. ]: N/ v0 [
B& @. l2 U/ C ]* VBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 c' A. k& K- p+ F: B, z, W' L kWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 k7 `0 Z8 Z; T1 G: F' C7 f- t: d
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + o$ T$ x( m4 u( p) T7 m! G2 I, y! u: D) S
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.! y* i, Q0 o* P: u0 X2 R
1 j2 ^. E& Y' F) G+ N# Z uGovernment 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.1 l8 L& i0 |3 o8 o" u
$ H; ]0 ^0 y+ W: |/ M( OComing 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.5 _: D! Q- C3 [# f/ E7 ^
, m8 i2 L4 G# H% z/ U3 [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. 7 ?7 z; J8 [3 W0 V7 J+ m. Y- C- I! a2 r) Z* B r
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. % c6 {, g; R, C' p" X7 [' c" o" D( v9 F ?3 ~* `7 V) u
The 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.$ U1 m8 s5 x, [: o
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % {5 z5 D. {# K; ~& f% @- H \* B1 X! Y+ e% [3 C2 O9 C
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.”! z1 k- [0 l! y- f* z) B
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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. ( f: b9 }/ h; u" ]7 e( @+ X4 `; s" V |7 T. u4 q$ j
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.$ N s+ ?5 f' J
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