8 R- [1 Q2 V8 y4 d X6 Q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。4 g: g. _- S; O: e
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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。5 }* v1 y3 J0 o! k
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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。 ( G# h; e& N. z4 B, k. e - B! @6 G. ]3 ]& X1 x: u a
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。 8 i6 n" P+ u* L + d5 J7 J3 J+ O: i( h, ~6 Q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。' I# n9 E) q- ^; \/ C* D; T
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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。 3 \6 C' M/ L. f: U% f5 K& H0 l P9 H( q* `
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”。3 g7 X' R8 }4 P7 |
3 E5 q% r, F3 Y" }1 f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。” z5 f% ~4 V/ J, ?
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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。& D ~+ F" W! `& p3 K
9 U0 _& Q3 P! a9 H$ M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。 $ j$ X1 o% A/ Y2 q. S$ D' a# b9 r( n4 N: M: T8 e% }. ~
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 ?0 x+ n; d6 i6 z, z) q; e" G : f6 _' j. _+ [' }0 G2 x! ~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.* c1 y% X( i/ \
- x4 d/ n# S9 @. i* qGovernment 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. 5 u& t1 ~* ?( v; j; E 7 W" N$ ^, b/ n z4 ]" A3 TComing 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.$ H3 K7 J! z5 A- i% [( N' Y
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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. , J% M1 f* {5 b! Y7 ?$ T2 q, \" Q7 e4 B1 B5 T
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/ s" b" E/ m; a$ P
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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.) w$ b# ^ c2 x
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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.” 2 p/ }) `1 _ T7 y " D# p) }, s2 k. N$ ?- o; NThe 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. [) s9 _9 t0 g; ~9 t" A 3 r) L& k& I8 S- H, b- n- \' i; cThe 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./ F2 s$ n( }* t6 W! ^* v5 Z9 a9 C: ~* F
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