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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。 6 S1 q% P. L7 V0 {( P1 x7 R3 L 9 D( M( ^$ G' @7 t7 b3 F3 ~& ?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 _: a) s2 r( O" r$ g" D. t& F
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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。 , q6 @- \1 z, a, y; f. ^ % A2 O# L( f; a9 [1 G
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。* u+ b' H- H4 R. N L
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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。" k9 Z. B: B3 p9 A, ^
: z/ H" q4 b* C# c q* ?. R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。) e+ p* M% T. J: F) A4 O
) X+ a. [! o9 {: k1 X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。9 E6 ^* E' @$ Z5 ~! X: ~
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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 U1 T) ~/ ]$ U ^
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! o' Q* O+ q+ w' H# ^2 `" _4 IWednesday, June 27, 2007 7 c7 R" y& P0 ]1 h0 d6 F% |- d
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * z; Y+ M4 C0 ?+ ~9 }( B* r# E1 a4 ^9 W3 P+ Y' s3 H& s' G/ ?
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. 7 c/ U4 W2 E- H/ R M, c; q* I& s/ e, S: [5 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. 7 ~1 ^! E8 e0 H! [/ W1 n! |! \# @3 ^
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. % i" D2 s' T& x1 o* y: i2 L, W ; w, G& [5 n2 ^+ H5 `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. ; _" `8 x& a+ t E2 M3 E0 P% Q2 z; r' ^4 b& @2 D
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. " P) E( l, b1 p6 a# I; K4 W" M' i. k1 J1 n. a* g+ k, }* q
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. " v" k+ @ _$ y4 M- ?' O6 i1 ~ " h' K3 z- d L9 }7 C" H+ K+ c( ^% z& eThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 I9 e% [' i. h: a' `2 r$ F
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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.”' \/ ^( X. }3 }3 q! W N1 r
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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. % d# L5 o( E7 Z/ a( W; g # z/ F- f8 g! L* a, _4 EThe 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.( K! {! H9 g& Y- k
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Financial Times
