. w$ T5 C9 x4 @! E3 ?( Q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。 ) s; H( _" M. K A6 r/ m ( ~& } g/ M5 l9 f1 G7 u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。 " ~7 e+ f/ f7 J# J7 N/ R/ K . G7 E# l* p* ]4 v i4 f" S
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 W# Q+ D: n/ ^6 R0 H N- h. N2 ~( j; Z" M
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。+ }* c. y* j! A- G" ~+ Y
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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。' O; b9 f& f! [! Q5 o
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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”。 { \; R6 ^- I- Q: Q 2 M8 O; j( V, H# Z& |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。” 5 y' z4 H* ~1 Z Z6 r/ B6 S* J" x+ \( ]6 Q% O1 K
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。4 o2 l: w6 p4 T6 r z/ M
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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。 O+ S9 _! F* Z/ w6 j # t; I' [( K3 D 0 C0 `+ U4 Z" ~2 u! _+ IBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 z K3 a9 P2 W8 q4 K0 \
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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.+ w: D7 F% X) k5 }# u
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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. 7 t2 }2 B' x" q0 |7 _& }+ | & g$ z _" z3 p! C# ^- j# vThe 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 Z9 r6 t9 M/ r, B E+ J) ?0 z7 @0 ]- h3 B# P
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." n0 T# ?" ~& B
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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. 1 U9 u/ K$ \& I, I9 F6 ? M7 }7 u; U) m2 P# x. j. _, P( M0 }
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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.”$ a2 H# a* s/ ]* x$ B) D, m+ L
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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.' z6 U2 V9 u: c4 {1 P! `
% ` d) I2 v2 m6 rThe 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.( l1 `: B4 a% E( h" X2 U
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