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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。 , }! R3 S0 T) r9 R6 }8 H , |: t2 C, W- O% ^# m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。 9 |" H! R$ W2 S$ ?* u' C7 M u0 G) F7 u: 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。 1 D! L( `. ~9 q% U ! r$ h& R/ I& q* F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。 ; j% s$ @1 f4 d$ K, x 7 w, G8 e# w% ` L! c& F+ N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。, L6 X4 ^9 c; s& T5 q2 t$ x" U4 e
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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。 & j) ]2 A E" H, d2 P& b. C1 ^* B5 D) @% G$ h0 L" I4 m& [/ ^
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”。/ ?0 v. A8 ]) C# w3 t: ^
H% _5 \, o, Y2 i8 F0 |, f* L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。” . i6 n5 p& b4 I* R( F9 R" p7 x% f9 b; l d9 [; z( K9 R. K* n% p
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。 % K: O8 {# ?6 ` , R6 G Z }6 p- K6 [9 ^* s( V3 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。 3 P3 ]3 t) S) Z4 d( a8 H& R# \ Y! e; l4 K0 o- J! g5 T
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + x, J7 ~ R. e: \% p+ ~ |' GWednesday, June 27, 2007 / U+ p( g3 c& q3 ~; Z' M
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5 l% S4 `# a8 F+ D) `$ h1 Z `BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION $ o% T5 r3 U9 t - ~/ `1 m4 `: m0 l4 s1 V! S8 aChina 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.# N1 ~" y5 S% e2 I% ]
! J6 P, P& U. X$ ~! tGovernment 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.# t. I7 j' O: T
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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.* R& z: P( Z' ~/ K
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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.: f6 R& c4 {4 W2 m$ \ `
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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. $ u5 N# G/ S( s, K$ {9 A % v( S h+ L0 S) N' MThe 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. k1 T& {- D. C2 z9 C & \+ P& W1 F7 }. EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 2 F9 T* |0 j) D( [7 M6 A' p: y2 q, }
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.” `9 e) \7 k) i$ E7 i/ V% i0 s+ K & h! X% _9 F% e: q) F' ^* BThe 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. , I( V# o- w7 b2 t! V1 O4 V8 l6 F- @# y! u. U" j7 E7 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. - [9 d' j! x! q$ n2 J! S! k1 I+ D+ ~& x- ^# C
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