' z: k4 q8 z5 [1 b! B# j, R% {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。$ K- `0 ~ D2 ?& N, t
( ?- Z1 m! R$ t8 _3 J( d; _% q: Z, R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。/ t6 B, g N. h% |/ F
6 ^$ J {* j& K* K" d' y8 [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。 \, ]0 ]0 t- k, F$ n , B! u7 }! i" I; G- `
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。. |5 P' e& l4 n$ d R N( t. l
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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。/ a) C! @8 b+ j" v5 V3 |
& a' |8 K: ]- [3 b. }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。4 L3 E$ Q# @' Z
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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”。/ V2 ~' W& Z( v* g
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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。” # n4 l" M9 h; y3 l9 ?% x! t; B1 M, D2 f K) Y% G' [. Z- E- @
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。; U! l3 O; j& p
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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。9 U X$ V. Q: Y- W
" m3 x3 T7 }! ~2 N * n Q- J3 f9 p3 x! ?By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai " d1 a5 h; @/ c3 ]
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# o* J( J& y! L+ HBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION " f5 G% z3 p. I8 t$ { 7 {5 R% w; n# S0 R5 H% E' ~* ?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. ( r# h, h) O( _$ N6 C9 p+ W2 _) y5 D) N# H3 _0 G7 q% j H R$ K
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. 3 h+ v O4 u' J" s% Y 4 v9 V$ f( H' _. y; U2 AComing 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.2 k0 s; `4 X0 V: a
# s) e' P2 h4 c* y: \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. % [( c0 s4 Q) C$ h- |3 i5 I0 Y w8 @2 _* D1 G9 Z+ W) u( ^/ eChina'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. : ^! k- Z; K; P/ V+ ]7 Z 0 k: }6 {- g) {2 W* o9 z' [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 h4 t3 M: {9 E 8 j; ?2 p) @8 G# [* GThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.& k# T6 B6 u% G, T% x m
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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.”7 R; @# s3 P5 k& C
$ L: x1 }3 Y8 q. u* K; vThe 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. }: M) p3 s. P& U' ^! g9 q
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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.7 r7 u$ S) @9 s, O
