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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。" }( J. ]1 Q* u2 Q
0 k& O& T6 n% g& R6 A, D7 {, G5 ~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。 1 n$ u7 `) I5 M f ; ]( G. L b- n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。 # G" k: u7 ]3 w B+ K: v/ v - m) T4 _% Z* {/ v/ 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。7 J( c `) W4 v' g
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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。, `" l. }0 e! f" ^+ x- O
# ]- c `7 x( d) t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。3 N# `6 D: e. D9 Q3 L- t
' c: L4 ^: I& f( n$ D0 O4 }, Q+ Z8 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。( @( ^, q: v z9 d. q! L
/ m, W# w) }( K * Q2 V, e# s/ z. |/ X# n( j: t% LBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 F: N) V+ {5 \+ t9 R4 J, d( k
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6 s7 s: l. _) k* ~9 G
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3 S8 k, m4 F [! aBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 ~+ }5 J% Q0 t4 f! Q . {1 K- H7 |+ a3 y& b. mChina 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. 9 Q* d+ E# j! k( s, w1 J' z 5 [; J, `. D9 z+ H( @- T0 P; r7 O7 UGovernment 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. % R" f# a+ R) s# @; c1 I+ x2 o 3 P6 ?& |# O5 n# b }# KComing 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. K0 S+ i* o( I$ V# Q s! |; b
0 T3 I3 o2 `: r3 Z! pThe 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. 5 c, q3 E& V0 I& q; V 9 R4 s, K3 ~ m: j4 |. o0 uChina'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. 0 v& M* @4 }! K/ G N; e q L# @0 { h0 ^2 \
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.! x: e) r; T) y, D K. q. f& w- O8 M7 Y6 F
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) b5 ?5 l- d4 |+ z1 l
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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.”( `5 Q0 d ]; u% q( v! ~3 x7 I
, b3 j% m0 n5 j0 P4 t, q9 TThe 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. * v I. t) i) B$ u( q' V 3 n4 J! V2 a. F+ b/ HThe 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.- v* L2 \9 F R4 U' s) @& I. V4 }
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Financial Times
