& y0 L) \) K- P* x& c8 o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。 " K6 Q' {/ w: w* ]/ v% V 9 ^; k% @ [( R& l( D' o& 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。 8 L, X6 n% I6 s4 V( p$ V " M* X, P8 X7 y# y* M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。 . R4 M( I4 _& j 3 J& ~ V; G) S( ~$ x
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。 $ ^. y5 I% X7 n5 `" e4 S4 ~) D7 l9 V% C
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。 " Z% H1 S- g3 v7 O% P, {7 H0 t" x9 O. y% P
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 |- q u) @9 L/ b6 l# H* V: B j( y
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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”。 + h* A( Q, V8 S! u) j) c2 N H) V* x$ |+ B# E0 G# Z9 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。”& W1 f: H7 J6 o( }3 `2 {7 X* ?
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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。" N7 t2 E$ ? M- |
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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。1 t6 A. e2 O, {0 j1 s$ s
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) M x; D+ M! z. d2 I- W1 }+ UWednesday, June 27, 2007 ' U$ l$ F5 R3 E" T5 ~' ]4 \ 6 X/ A! E7 o% u# U" A6 v x6 u; u! M. `* \$ f
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7 O+ C6 V& X* M: XChina 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. # G* `. \1 b% K0 J, S$ \ L7 f0 Y9 e, ~5 Y5 h/ F. dGovernment 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 }4 l" g7 c. }: ?4 r- P 1 W) ?- I, w; z8 W9 ]# z6 q/ N3 CComing 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. 7 b! `, \* V/ ] & i# [$ N! |7 J- x* _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.+ S( c3 p# {: R+ d' T9 g1 ?0 h
% A: J9 o0 O& p/ q6 ?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. $ q* N9 R+ P+ `+ V+ B+ b, p: m& b # M( I& f; J: H# AThe 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. 0 D8 o8 }9 H. T2 q% y0 O% m; b7 U9 k- E
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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.”. B% B/ J) k7 v' \& X' ` u% m6 X
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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. $ S/ S0 K9 c; a& N0 a/ [% a " d( I, s6 O6 KThe 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. $ a" m3 q. V' q. a' u% m! ]6 G4 n7 n/ B. u
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