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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。1 h$ I& y! a& s D! `4 p# t* R
! `, P$ r5 `/ n- l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。- s' S5 q6 M5 `+ u* N
) n" u6 o$ Y+ D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。 # O0 X7 E+ S3 V6 C, p! r5 | ) j* W& I0 [, T$ g. r+ U l
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。 . v3 w, ]1 V! @3 H4 S9 i) l) C1 x q: c4 n2 ?
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。 & u' G* j* s5 U% A% Y' x# i" v. ?* O" c- k) 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。9 g% |* F6 j [% I" S' w$ g
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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”。- t( k9 L& [' w$ `! }) ^
6 k0 W# o7 I, v; Y8 @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。” 7 d, ]! V9 _) ^9 y) i; U z( d( j' E2 T# }' U
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。 ! `) B7 |2 r. Q6 t " Q0 u+ M- K; c0 F- R$ W* k) w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。 2 ?. ` V& g3 }6 W' s. q. d) G' I1 }1 e+ X
! ~9 X$ j' a" b( nBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( U: Z# G& n$ W X7 S# BWednesday, June 27, 2007 6 ~" Q7 x1 i5 k3 [ j( d1 D: A7 w+ i4 J: C* m$ ^# @! D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 P$ s6 |, N: x / T9 x j" u3 x& \& fChina 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.. M* d0 S# |. i, r( X
. o4 ]+ u/ D: j) NGovernment 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. # C# g1 w/ B- l# R / o; W# P( n9 b( y% _3 MComing 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. ( _7 J: }; ?% p% u" @5 [ S , ~0 W4 E! a5 p/ u3 M+ U* `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.. `/ s/ V1 }! A, q, M+ X
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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. 6 N8 t4 R& n+ x' ?5 D) D4 f! b " W8 c" B+ B; l- a5 UThe 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. ' u, I- Y2 n! n! M9 k* K/ g$ y/ u% e/ j/ K, K1 R0 n
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* q. {# t% T! Y" B* 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.” }, ~8 \4 j2 e) h R! s7 P4 S3 [, o( e- W" f. n
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. `1 {% [! j( Q% V4 o! [
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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. ^; T* t* ]( x9 U" S) c& M
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