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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。 : A5 D( V# r$ ^# P " J! I6 S: {# s# D3 e2 r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。 8 L3 j5 ]# j' d8 \. |0 w" Z( I; K6 f+ {/ C$ B7 b
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。& R: `4 k. f9 f2 F
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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。% V1 q4 o I. `* q
( J' C( d; j" F8 N* X* {+ [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。% l' k7 R' a9 y) ^
) G# E( D! Q, ]. K) R; k' k) Z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。 * P* F" U% k7 f7 A& `5 R* b 6 p3 Y/ D0 D; v1 v H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”。 - O4 \( R. a8 j! p) v; j" T0 j, J. k 1 q8 K' I6 W+ g: z3 N5 R2 z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。” ; w! E6 o4 h4 L7 ?" t: B! O : y" z( @. _6 d1 G" o5 C* t/ Y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 X4 |& e0 E B" X4 L
- k2 {2 Z4 A' D3 Z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。 + @7 D# ]# v. O" R7 a7 l% G* s# X f% ?6 n. c2 O( @
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 o- ?2 m0 p/ x GWednesday, June 27, 2007 * D& j$ D8 {; Y. z! ?2 t
0 J/ Y5 T/ O; Q 1 S, ?; s5 y0 DBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION9 Z$ D3 m" s) T2 y
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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.. E/ J5 F7 |6 L4 }0 S- @
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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. 1 {# p6 b$ I4 G" X5 l2 p& P, u4 e4 j( b z0 p; Q
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. * F: W! D2 s5 t# v7 P% F # F* U; `% Z5 }7 {; q& AThe 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.1 x+ `& L8 G$ N6 L
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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. ( z. F( T v7 j# e! F: Z w; y- |# E, x6 k
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. 5 c1 E. m0 ^4 G$ t2 C( b3 q1 b- ~
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % Q9 V7 k3 [( b- `& b- x% Z+ O3 U4 n; E9 H
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.” 9 q/ W( K; N: l5 T1 X) C4 g 5 Q8 E* U D A# h- V4 L: EThe 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. # \/ _1 Y2 p' K* C8 K, p- e# n% d% ~' Z; b
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. & L g* R# f4 H" `! Y 6 X4 q% g4 y! r% ^1 i9 m x7 O* `* |+ W. K0 M* p. x% ~' \* K
