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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。) W7 e8 z5 i4 G! E. w n! ?; Y
) U/ G0 k. M4 B) \5 b( F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。: W7 m" p+ j8 r. u- ?6 q( F( }
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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。 . B2 Z0 G" D* x, r& f ) G6 Z) ?3 m8 k% o7 k; ^
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。 2 V9 b% ^& ^1 d1 u) _" x! m 1 f. Y8 B* _( T; g% `. N: S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。 * C2 `% K, B3 R 3 ~& ?% i5 B L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。* _7 L$ j" s: F/ z: ^8 R# Q
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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”。$ S l# v+ X! _9 C( u, I* U
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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。”: v3 H% k+ c+ v9 d/ [6 l/ C5 N
7 M- ~+ {4 F' ]+ S$ _6 W: @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。/ Q( {# Z1 L8 B
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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。0 X# f1 T3 T( N, ?7 _& Q4 N6 I
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , L) n3 z ~+ s
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 Q# ]- Z$ S4 Q 9 n* _$ G7 ] K' d( m7 AChina 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.- N. A+ _/ }- H* O2 Z/ `. t" q& P& [
5 \7 q9 N* T k) p4 k- ]3 U$ qGovernment 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. G" b- ~" ?$ ~$ x6 t# Y' p
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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.8 q+ C$ E P* k* w D8 r/ u
( E9 Z( {" B6 |* A: q3 S# S) P6 ~8 bThe 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) g: _- s2 X) l+ m- g) `; _6 i7 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. ! j/ x: R8 u6 m9 e6 a* i- L; P& Q& q0 {3 l3 V
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. k; U7 _( U; i2 P0 r2 x0 p
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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.”9 d5 f+ ]* x, V( @
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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. ; v- o4 i. O) J0 V * b2 G6 K: l' m& {' fThe 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. . t& f& R7 ~- Z9 Z) } 4 f, [ b: Q' H) p0 v0 q" |- {" T; I
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