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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。; ] L( \# b! l" @
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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。2 j0 I) p7 L2 {9 ]% i, [1 X( g7 ]
6 |" F# L n$ B0 s/ G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。/ @/ D, X; r, g) g
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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。( f, T8 V) {9 L: O+ c$ V2 N
' \. G$ T) g& L5 f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。) a3 U3 V Q9 C7 q" d2 Y' K
, u9 j/ D+ c; v8 |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。 * H M3 C* L: z1 v- l# }% m+ Z; z4 V, g$ w
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”。 ! \8 t& B- D# ~3 @$ m3 K" b1 y3 e) c9 e6 O, t l% K3 y8 n
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。” 8 S, o! L- A+ }- V5 @ 0 E* Y* |) `, z0 ?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。 ; h# A: c' h8 B- r' @- P 9 t' T# M! @3 H4 l0 `5 a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。 % b: u, S0 R& W9 ~4 L8 u* ^+ p) @& F
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 P0 E+ N6 M, s+ J5 zWednesday, June 27, 2007 ; l Z3 U. }; i: u) |8 [6 t5 \3 X6 j! n# `4 w D9 Q
4 O3 v& f8 c: X3 ^BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 c/ L) I, Q9 c0 s 0 | b$ [* l8 f+ M' o9 GChina 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% U% \4 z7 j$ g5 ? ! Q" r+ j. P5 U/ W) kGovernment 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 s; k9 z9 e$ s0 \- p1 Z! O- v
# C+ Q- {, b8 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. & p6 h$ h- H' Y+ S) _" l1 I% F/ V3 P6 r
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.1 d( t- t& n! B
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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. ; z$ v% J& G M) w1 L7 o ( C, s. b, M( `$ D4 NThe 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. 5 B7 K/ U, Z6 B) O/ D W4 U1 |1 A+ ] f9 F
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 Z! o U T# m" C( ~) c
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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.”4 ^( W2 o4 w% `- n1 J
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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.1 _1 g4 r) x) }, g) x
5 e6 D) g: k% j& kThe 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. . E7 C& r8 |1 W3 D0 A J/ }; c& c9 Q. Z" V, ^ P
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