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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。- M; f7 I* _9 r* l1 M% Q
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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。 : H5 J4 o9 C5 g$ e5 w9 Y3 F1 T# W4 J$ j8 _
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。0 N/ {- a' P% \0 O: D* G1 w. p
$ I$ T. n) x/ P5 D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。 . E' e! M1 s; Z' z . x- L2 G- Z, w" g& F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。 5 v: K) m8 m8 J* t t+ V6 ~1 v& X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。 8 Y" w' X8 R) N* G1 {5 e. J0 m: B/ z0 X8 ^
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”。 Q& r" F% O# q; C8 p0 g1 u- N. g: _ 9 a1 B& z7 [9 j) E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。”2 J; |( @3 u* }$ ^0 S8 H( O% S0 F
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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 S3 K- `9 l1 H' m, z- Z1 ^1 o0 Y; r6 J) J O9 I$ B$ |
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。 9 n+ i4 r% l6 Q' u8 C$ l. v6 T2 @7 q1 |/ g
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ r, k1 }$ R# v* { L0 yWednesday, June 27, 2007 # t: Q* o% s0 h3 e
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION % e x6 e! Z; {/ U5 _1 d/ T! d$ `+ o6 m0 P
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. ' e0 `) P* \' {6 n& o" f0 ]. b/ _* U6 p/ O% J
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.% H1 H+ X. z: I. K* x8 \
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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.' V& l% @9 B: ]
4 w A- j: ~* `+ W- B0 j8 wThe 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. , w* A5 x% J: v( P) p& Q& w- Z4 v) ]' p% k; H9 U
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. ! T; @6 g4 L+ q. s- A( S/ P8 i e, u4 u! v8 w: \' B
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.4 Q \) i, J7 V: X9 P
7 N& N) ?: m6 r6 S6 ?% M% tThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) H& \+ D* Q O6 B" Y& r" _7 G$ Z " L ?' g; x; K9 @( P* ^* [' S( [+ PAn 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.” ' g- t7 I9 k. R c0 ?- U2 z8 v' @4 e; p
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. 8 z% O' {$ | u; M* o9 Z" c5 f2 S $ Z' \9 ?, C4 t/ e4 |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. 9 c+ @& A& l: X* S$ t/ O1 X$ k; W5 R7 O! `( V3 Z8 {& h1 m
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