7 H6 Q; |' E o h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。4 u: D9 A6 K. v" L. n0 b3 }
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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。, _: s' z- e' J6 |! e
: I2 I' |1 I4 D. \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。1 S6 i. f8 h4 H r; g9 F
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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。 * a1 d4 q% U8 F" q8 k: r, |4 f2 w/ W: N- X
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 U! M. X3 e- x" v1 q+ L0 u- u; I' R: E- L1 Y% X
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”。 . X: \- [. j* S6 i P 3 @1 J6 t- O( J( C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。” 6 R( s" g1 O+ W: {3 c ! l# H; A! E; Y1 V3 o) n8 I4 b9 J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。' z0 J& p& D _+ L" O
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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。4 E- ` N6 T) n4 q' i: I/ H' D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# l4 @1 O8 @, p, ]) i' }+ I x- W
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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.& a" Q: e. N7 d1 @6 T) @& i: n
7 ?# U3 P( o- F$ k& 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.6 }) I) d, @$ t3 S6 u
# z `# ?: `+ q8 O8 O+ ~* ]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. " a" Z2 M+ ?& V w% u" ?; s) J - }$ `5 B% A" o5 A; X: L# V" HThe 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.' _. _4 H# {. z9 v
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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.' g& ^+ J4 U6 K: i: A$ @8 j: ~* X
8 f, [9 N( U" Y% q$ N+ vThe 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.. p, G7 ?0 k+ J$ e- N
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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.”+ }" [. `/ m4 U. c. k
2 V9 W$ A" r6 W, V0 P7 K$ n# wThe 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.& q9 T- B; E% j7 p0 q! @* a
% \- F# M; Z+ d) ~! G* x) H$ }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.( R1 Y: ^. W' P( r. M G
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