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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。 # j W, D4 S- y# [9 \5 |+ s$ e$ ]4 ^8 V, L
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。& D: G6 R' H& Z3 @3 c
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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。 9 Z4 T, T4 Z7 n& Q8 d6 \( w ! O* v$ a- m% `) l1 T' n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。) T3 t, G$ ~1 _4 e! s
( ?# M0 `4 G* `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。 3 g1 a/ A1 X: A3 `6 `% ~ : b; X+ @0 n$ p9 k9 n, {$ 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。 m, W- n: l6 f5 N $ M% \, d' K$ F% H/ c7 j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”。9 p$ j, J7 \; g7 J( C
5 E# C5 {9 y- R4 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。”1 P w6 n. ~, D' ]' d
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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。 6 F$ E' r1 ?; ^8 q! y4 Z ) Z; K- _1 p5 r3 q: d% ^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 \4 g/ `* k. m* G3 ^4 ^/ L0 J0 l& d1 `$ G% r; {9 U3 u5 z7 B. @
; [* a3 U2 i6 ~By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 0 p$ |! a: l; C y! I0 TWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) s* d, f7 H3 W. I9 z% m! Y8 k
0 e9 U) \- D7 A4 R, B; y + x/ W* R k3 A$ B1 WBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + ^! h8 Q/ M* J" d+ ]: s& ?. H2 E" J9 w8 ]( Q% J$ z* X5 A: B
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 S$ {1 y9 ]7 T& y% ^
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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. & k' r! p+ ~8 [- V: d0 `* m0 @# @/ U% B* g1 j& g; d d
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.6 J% |" [# X" ?, P/ y$ u& H
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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. 0 I9 c% a+ L+ H. Z, b3 s! X) M3 g! C7 b* {
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. / k- N; v; n5 W% @ f& c( n0 W; G d# K8 ?# n( F
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. ( z) O( e) t4 T ) o+ h) |+ W7 s. [. G; aThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 @4 I8 E# l( m/ I8 ?
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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.”- r, ~4 V& G6 }, Y
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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., T+ R3 o; s5 f. v
+ \" q4 L0 f5 t4 H: r3 EThe 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. . d& v- d6 \4 `3 B. X/ s) i; }- H; y7 x$ d% _9 q, i
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