O- O, C: L8 E5 i6 _+ r) F% m, p) V# \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。! G9 K; P6 L" y0 z 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。, o+ \- p6 S# D8 f0 N, B6 U
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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。 # c; l& b$ |1 B/ t& M. e* J4 W/ K / P1 J( `6 G q! g$ C! n* A" u
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。3 x$ e- g" I) m3 C E ^: 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。 , y* r3 A* c8 @0 k! I9 ]% z ) y \- M% }5 D* x6 N% z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。 % @" W1 E6 j6 k9 I0 `$ Y ' E/ [+ j) H5 o; ~! T! `+ N& G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”。 9 h/ s" m6 h7 {3 ~$ R% W/ x6 n( F D0 \; \- a4 Q
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。”$ Z+ l# \; _) H/ }2 D) F
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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。+ o' T, j4 ?' }7 a; Q
0 h; d) w% c, a# W0 F( 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。0 Q9 i" B; `+ u! p5 q
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; ~% n1 \$ T8 n% y+ V
# J) z; s- A" N% |& J9 BChina 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.% {; \* i, D2 P/ A) I$ e) f8 J U9 L' U- L
8 t# k2 O! i. s% o v" {& Y4 g# }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. q( D$ V) Y) |$ N% n8 D
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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.' T. j' y: j& `" ~& B$ e" ?
, E) j5 B2 J, P4 M! ~( aThe 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. & Q- z) ~& @- K Z B4 D1 u j9 {* O, y4 H) _3 e
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+ a% ^9 a F
% B1 W) I& d. e+ Y% iThe 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.7 O) Q7 x A# n$ I
0 A& u6 ?& L4 d# Q4 W+ ZThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.. K7 o$ V+ U$ L9 M
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) N9 f: w. u7 c ^$ z8 Y' 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.2 g4 {2 n3 v3 J1 A6 t/ ]0 U: g
! T7 A+ ?) z0 }# N6 q D W! DThe 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.8 `+ W9 `* R5 A4 F
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