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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。 / g: n+ f! J& [4 P6 s' @/ X8 { M @$ L! `* p9 u. p! K; n
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。! @% `. v! t, W6 R# F) U
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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。 0 k: m% o$ y$ _, X 9 U- n( O. k3 I, Y/ P/ t" O8 M
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。 . P% F d" n7 R2 c9 w" y+ m- h7 m- e; V! U
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。$ ?9 \- r5 j& D" i
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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。 - W4 {4 h- i9 w/ g; z3 W+ Z % |. G1 v: X, U( N8 q+ Q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”。 3 y: `8 F0 N- M0 V. x& H5 w* j9 B , Y4 \6 X5 ^$ F5 _% M5 K3 r3 r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。” $ @9 L- r4 f' f" H7 A 5 F4 T- F, i* m) H) M8 E* w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。 % H# V" B. x4 i; D/ {% P8 ]5 [ @: z6 h9 `) E/ y
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。 2 D+ s6 E N6 X) d1 q 0 W6 E& @( X' i- n Y+ t$ Y3 y5 I8 O
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - d @! S3 t. T1 T$ S7 O3 [2 W
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$ l/ d( v# [) j: _7 E5 O$ R5 GChina 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. : J6 A$ X( G# H# P$ j d% J5 u% w9 t% y( L0 x0 j2 O* I5 X" C
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. " k3 u0 }, M* U. ^/ K: i3 F" w9 D2 d& l* K2 Z" t3 A
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. ; u- T9 x/ y: U/ v( w) q; z: G. \. w. K8 F! F0 c. y/ G7 ]
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. 9 u4 Y, U2 @3 e# {, ~) T* ?. Y" l4 z+ q" S$ l
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." Y j6 J/ O5 c) T# v+ n, g* S7 L, ?
' H, L/ C) ~7 fThe 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 a. S1 l K$ J
. h% E1 B/ h' C2 D3 BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ P/ c* h4 e7 ?) u; q' o
. I6 G: U. w6 P2 r6 k, Y0 q6 e0 L4 mAn 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.” # u- w3 P& w' q" o. M. v3 Y% h8 `9 K' `) B8 Q6 t& P' e
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. ! G+ ]6 ]+ `; k4 n) v; r$ Y4 {# O) i- }1 a+ M9 t
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. $ `1 y0 d o4 f* O* x/ `' S; _& h' U Q2 j
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