' J7 o5 K2 e! g) w, x8 r. G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。2 X Z3 ?) e$ N/ W( |9 L# n
( J5 @1 ~7 J3 k% W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。 - u" m; x( T& o2 U- D # K4 F0 o9 s" |: F K, D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。 & e3 o- o T7 c. u 3 \8 k" y% L' C9 f N
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。 % X) [9 n9 P( y; J8 T8 a' B4 D9 k/ ~! M3 v" Z& S9 }4 M2 |/ t, Y
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。 : L5 d) ?4 I6 G0 ` [5 C: Y 4 \, g- p" [( t/ Y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。 1 r6 E7 B5 _8 a& Z( ?2 E " S) o) _" x4 t5 ~* U* U/ |8 S+ e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”。, ?% ]& M. p) H% D
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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。” # e8 I: \ u/ H2 z . W4 n) Z; i$ N: h2 H1 G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。 5 W+ Z2 s5 x2 M+ E* P: G- M) a+ B" J. v$ R+ i
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。, x6 _! q; _! m# E3 N
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! ?2 K0 F( l0 F/ x, t5 p' z
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2 T1 e$ e/ u' |% N9 {* T2 i 6 B! \$ x* X2 D& v( x5 O4 [- F , d" M$ s7 e6 ~% ?. [BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION* h+ {! t# z) y
( ?# X: ?( [$ e+ b/ }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. & i. W% d1 U1 R1 d6 f0 d7 q X9 Z. ], E2 q: O& J
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. ~7 T1 _$ k! R2 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. 3 |8 E2 w3 \3 M8 w0 g0 u0 X' y: P( X' `) R# G
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. ' u. l. q7 U F+ u6 W. M & z: r/ x* x. ]2 zThe 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. 9 }+ K$ l' Z+ G) F 3 V; N+ `8 ^3 G/ s1 v0 m: gThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " Y) z e3 l9 ~, W3 J: ?3 {: T6 c" l" {
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.”" ^ i6 V1 B. i& |* a) E( D+ b3 r! }
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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.1 ]8 B. E3 w# j# F4 d+ D
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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.2 V. G# S/ f* X H6 E% n: I
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