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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。+ }! E' b8 j M( W: R
4 o- z( R5 V! P# q i, @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。 |. A% h$ R# F+ [ c, u; J' B# o
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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。& y4 L5 R% @ e' x! v
, K$ d5 J) e) [- 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 [' A- Q2 }4 i3 Q |
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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。 h9 f; e2 q8 [# x# q
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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。 7 {2 ?8 ^+ d1 U+ R7 M& f8 U$ o8 W v! b- `
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”。. B. Z8 ~; _$ m7 ]
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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。”: R% ?3 j: I: ^* G
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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。 ; j$ P( ~: d0 H6 t9 r7 [9 w& i) w" a+ u1 e, |: p
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。 / O0 ]3 [2 O& r 4 L8 Q$ p2 K8 v z/ { 0 X. ~4 f4 ^, z& f( ^* [By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , |; e* d+ y8 B( ^6 h1 d5 E
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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. % U( r K9 ?5 f& ~( ?! T4 N* U & d- ^" K7 @2 E, V. d' ]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. 4 o6 I. G" c K& s$ i# b' i8 E, z8 W2 Z! o9 ?. x
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.# N L0 D4 H3 m/ } u$ `& w
/ g! X8 j2 ^2 ]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. # E: r h, \1 q- f2 p( y3 |9 P0 j2 w$ W1 c1 p) d
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. 4 ]. D- ]1 \- C& n7 j! M. g# |* ?( K1 F, n: p8 A6 P0 ], {
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.- f6 i+ ]# q6 E* i! ]( F
3 Y" I: k) N/ WThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 H _. O& I9 b5 k
" a J/ z# }$ H7 g# k7 PAn 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.” ( \9 g5 A6 e* i' J! `. ]. k* z $ h" R/ ]+ o: J* iThe 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. 8 J& Z3 P" [/ A, h5 J$ J9 p7 p( b7 a- g5 e6 n* E
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.% h H- b# q; E! @
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