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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。+ ^* @4 g, r* L+ U3 @1 q2 I; u0 a/ ~4 P
, j, p+ G2 M: b8 i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。 2 B+ z; E' e4 U& ~+ {: }. c. A! K! A" s
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。; T$ D4 ?8 V) n* h3 A
0 [% f8 q6 A+ j: R: b2 `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。 ^* P( J- p. ~: A6 t! L2 m5 a
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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 s8 m3 m- e% g% N) d* y7 l, P0 W/ }$ Z$ \* ]2 N
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。! P0 H0 H. ^$ z, s9 h
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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”。 6 L1 E/ M T1 ^& N2 r. o, B+ W! {+ d }$ o2 U
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。” ! k3 C( u( G7 t3 A, I; E ) Y* ]1 C0 W: j) L, N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。4 u! I0 r, v" s1 K
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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。! Z7 H2 \$ V" I- R$ s! k" @- T
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - ^$ P% N/ N# s; t6 |2 d
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 " t' I6 _$ A c# c5 }9 ^# L. U9 b+ k; g! I6 A
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION & R( b; ^ }# @' a# h+ F, T- l% D. A( e- I4 K+ k
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 `& _' E0 c8 X7 ^1 f: q7 _
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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. g3 P! O& f3 Y' G, r
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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. / d W# X; g2 T- c& j' h! L + h R. D" ~0 p$ ^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.$ r& r+ l4 u6 y$ H4 M
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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.9 \: D1 ]. `- W& |3 h4 L
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* R% K2 S% a$ Y4 \ ~
4 V+ n8 t/ \( ^: HAn 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 ]3 A* N. I4 S 4 g) N! z7 j: r+ N. RThe 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. + h8 \, `1 P$ I$ z( G9 r: x, E, E- e7 F, L7 V
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.# X1 ?6 z. h0 W$ \
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