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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。 1 b2 y' h7 Y1 U+ g( f' W* J( q& ?: _4 b
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。 * U' } K: b6 S6 P6 {- E 8 Z) F1 J6 p( F: i0 S. z& k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。 3 k( N, j C% k+ b) g# i 2 u3 C+ N/ U6 a( `0 C2 W
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。- w. y5 N% s |3 H6 ]
/ p K# `8 \! G, X6 H! \; C* g4 y1 R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。 + f( B: p0 F9 V, K$ l8 K % x5 C4 n4 Z' K4 x2 @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。 9 y1 Q$ ~- u; C4 d* G4 v% f" f* W Y, v4 `/ k8 N% o4 t
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”。 2 B6 h c1 p) s) f4 j+ A9 L2 W7 M' P3 `! @" P7 F# G' m; R4 f
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。”# u- _+ O6 Q0 e5 Z9 E! u8 r* b
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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。2 B8 }) Y7 h; k% v" c1 B
: `: n, V: y& R9 J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。 ( n8 p0 d' U! e+ q8 f ~ - O$ I8 X$ h, y: `$ @- q' d# \; o, z
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 q/ ^1 P0 S" {0 m& R% F) H
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& W- k! X7 q! WChina 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.$ t" O' R' h, W9 Y" o- k
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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.- W m7 K2 l9 F- q
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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. ; A7 M0 A& K& s7 x+ H& p4 _: y" y9 f1 [5 N- n
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.( {. k* i. P7 T+ ^! {& B) i: L
4 ]. G, H$ y$ l3 w- KChina'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. . A" p2 B2 f0 c4 G; [# ]( i2 n9 `6 X5 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. ; }: L! L( F. [0 A; A' K, I ; `# ^6 X7 a9 dThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & R1 E- ?0 y& h7 J! Y & S3 u" d! h4 v+ i: IAn 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.”% X% F; M6 }5 p6 |
# c0 n" ]" O( Z% uThe 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. & a" m8 [" {! i4 b* B% l! h( M 5 N5 J" a/ q( ZThe 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.3 F1 ~$ Z5 p6 Z! ?: L. z3 E1 ?+ t
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