/ ~! X \4 I6 X: _3 W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 m5 O+ o5 i4 ] _! t9 o " f2 \0 K" W5 y/ V- E7 p7 B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 T# C+ F3 ^* ?0 J' L S g; A; `; Z) O7 {& o; `( g
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。- s" k6 _1 r3 I% V- H
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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. k) t1 H* s4 Q8 G8 y) j& h: b- }. s1 h5 n/ a) u
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。 , f; ~, ~7 O! v1 x: j% X& V. j/ p' y2 c, L+ A- u. k' P0 i
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。 % g. v2 m+ c( E: o7 W+ P 5 \) {8 e1 `* N$ C" ~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”。2 b: j0 S0 `9 t: g4 N* L6 ?
. m( G6 {; O3 _ ^( P% W! }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。” ! O+ X9 A Z8 C. [. D7 Z5 R2 o2 S; X) N3 X2 M. E% M1 X8 m
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。) a* V7 ]& Z6 M4 z' K" C, W
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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。. a8 p9 d! P1 i8 \( [0 ?( I' v
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/ g8 ~# {4 A+ X) O. A' k4 A U6 p # s1 K3 B6 V, b+ {& [% B9 M$ B4 eBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION6 y1 `- G& X, `: z
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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.0 _% R; U& d) V& x% g' Y' Z) `
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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. 4 j0 v* [! y2 n z2 r( Z+ N% R) R2 k3 v1 m/ j- E: P* y. t0 P
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. 3 T+ Y: a2 c4 i5 E J* q1 k) g, B7 U
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. ^# p- r/ c3 R0 O: x! s Y. g/ j. t- |/ n. W: j7 D) q( @
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.! o8 D* ^7 n: F* p- Z
+ O" y* D9 X8 }& K kThe 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. 2 ~2 P" Y2 ^" Y0 l0 S& U) X+ R5 y- R3 h2 |0 e! X! f# u5 q6 t: J( b- U* j, f; I
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.4 d$ _- X$ X" C; X
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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.”" w5 J, Y a3 M! m( s+ l* @
+ d3 O5 k& W) M; \: f( FThe 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.# C6 F4 s- N& M; F- }- A
/ }) ]# l5 W6 H2 mThe 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. 6 F# C; V; z3 O( \% N 7 L+ c; i. Q) _4 y$ W' ^) b7 n$ s4 l
