& l/ L1 L6 i, R) U s6 h0 ]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。5 o$ n0 H8 c* s; R5 |8 j* o
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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。 ; w7 Y& U) N( \& p 6 }& y; |6 [, T' g; L& |/ |) P; j
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。 F, u$ [" f. y" {: L) o, g0 r: n3 Q( }% q- i( g* n, M
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 j) L% d) G" i. Q' R6 J9 [ V1 x& [3 U1 B
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。 + R' b; K% z! ^; R/ R6 i+ i$ a0 j; M; H. a& ?$ I
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”。 ' z: S0 G5 P8 ]) @# Z9 P& @7 |% r: P- J! }+ o& ~
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。” 6 W' K8 [% a. U" o6 ]: J" }" h4 _0 h1 S
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 z1 \" {5 r Y8 A: k8 [1 l% S( K! N8 {+ {% @. N5 L
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。) u: `( x* w# I. h" {
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 F. C4 a3 w4 J A2 h. r& U- gWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 G" }& N4 Y0 v! `) f3 t$ P) _
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; S/ v; H2 s* f1 k3 k9 r2 a. O
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. 8 P- { [4 O6 I! K" s* i" E. g- p
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. 8 L* c+ p2 D! N7 f! U9 x- p" ]# S" ^# `& C
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. 0 u1 f, @' @1 }4 i# w" C; v4 @* s
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.1 k/ L" \- O, X
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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.2 l2 R' N |0 {
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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.8 c w' _& N3 V3 } n: s& `
( G- w. z5 L \5 X# DThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”." d; y j- c) n- _
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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.” 5 w% Q! }. @2 {9 S& _8 C* M 0 e: x7 Q ?8 ] gThe 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.3 {% m) o9 O1 f* a
5 m4 T& A. ^. i: M: JThe 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.% V, v9 A' E/ p
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