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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。 ; }2 D' h9 b/ n- w9 ^7 R1 B2 l1 R9 d5 Q% X
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。+ p9 t( G8 y. u) s8 F9 C
( P; }6 C6 r8 A# s$ S4 i$ H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。 # X4 z' a+ ]& |: B) ? ) D* b, U, W" N/ V) G) V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。1 Z9 u2 C. U4 V- A$ _. x1 N1 J- Y
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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。1 ]! A8 x4 J% F; Q2 J/ U: Y4 Y% A
: i4 F" `# S* v! c/ M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。& W# R9 G& r. ?. a4 c n$ C2 l; S: H
( M4 V) J$ X$ s+ D0 w9 y O% j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”。 & A. w( m, M$ a2 Q) u& M0 C8 C; K' K
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 T1 I+ P2 F6 \ + Y4 p7 w+ E) G2 |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 S. W) ^6 ~ B4 u* F. Q3 l9 J, z7 z/ H( k% e5 n% Z* b8 b
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。 O2 `& y% A5 ^3 | t: n, t; ` 0 S7 ^; X* W- H9 J6 |8 t7 j! y) F' ?+ L8 }5 U% V+ x. R
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 e3 m/ p, t6 V/ v1 _1 O! N
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$ Y. B7 K; w7 G9 a% zBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" j* B# R; ?: k( n6 G# u
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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.) ^, |; \ ?. @: q6 ~
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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.$ c& O" A0 M: s/ D; J3 B& Y
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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. 9 Z+ w) q% f4 k3 z 3 @1 |9 Y4 a& t& P: R0 M6 Z' [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.- G* t" ?+ R% x9 B9 X( T
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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.; o9 Y- k6 ?6 m( g1 Y
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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.( ?, o" \ x+ p0 c3 W' ~. D9 k
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % U* l5 I0 p5 g4 M) |( |9 Q- J! X% @& @* t7 N% m
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.”1 y- _' Z# r9 M0 {8 {" 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.. J0 x8 j4 j' v# T
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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.% G5 f! R8 N9 n2 o6 A* }
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