: S3 i' s) H* t4 B; B. a6 J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。! Q( z9 R% K6 i( d- a
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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。/ t4 l' S h. H, \% A
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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。" f6 E( ]0 E" b2 g0 \
+ {" d$ t5 ~+ ]- w& t2 N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 O- P) L# {" R& F% Y. h 0 x6 Q. e& g z9 T5 `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。 + V9 e4 W+ h3 N! Z/ ]# |1 W & o$ K% K) m) t" c% @' [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。' V: H0 _4 F* e% ?! d. H9 T) \' @
7 i, @8 w* G. m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”。 7 n) }9 V6 M8 s* A % L& E$ q5 q Y) 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。”+ M* w2 \# M& q: b' D) q
( M u P0 O1 G# i- {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。5 l: X8 L7 P! l' C% t9 o. n! n
- Z- e9 D* U5 i$ k: Q4 _* 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。 . H; H, N1 a8 U: E5 `+ j7 F 2 E5 e9 b2 M; n% v9 n0 f- Z' R9 L. J: D9 t- j! Q ~$ |8 z. r
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 o& u# }: W W( I* rWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) C4 t: M9 i' I+ I3 I# ^8 j$ c" E* ~
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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./ G/ D+ r C! [6 I
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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.4 G) M- A7 U4 Z8 |2 B1 k
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! f/ j: X2 b8 p0 |* E; dChina'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. : F" ~$ y4 W4 [4 Y; C U6 N ; _( j* D: v4 I0 U: O0 qThe 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. ' T s, g6 A1 ]* r% } D' J( z g, y3 \1 R8 d6 u8 c/ Q
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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.”$ m* i. b% l) `
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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./ S: I: D6 `0 w" M6 `4 Z4 [
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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.$ \) J* l; f5 A2 R
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