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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。 / ~* j0 O7 P1 J+ K: h! C; x/ \ 3 |6 W* w8 N" o( G! B7 Z6 t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 e( j) B* T* O8 ~! x6 R" t# n' s5 |5 `+ y# _
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。) R3 a. t z5 N5 K
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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。 / I, m. v, K3 u3 T! L; g- B/ c8 [( T+ W- u9 x) _! b- L8 @
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。 : |5 x6 x2 |+ ~* ]8 k! Y4 H1 b& v+ e5 v- @6 t6 R
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。 # e$ h# o# ^8 A& I) y) c _& ~, z Y3 m- i" ]
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”。9 z+ z+ y( D" G" L% t( }
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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。”3 \- X3 N' Q8 O5 }: W
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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。! n0 ^- ^2 R9 ?. x
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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。 7 O& l8 f) \4 @$ j. M4 O - a% `8 { I2 h/ E ( s! f* V3 z3 Q3 N$ J# t* n& \By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 g/ y+ b7 h w8 U+ ?0 ]2 YWednesday, June 27, 2007 : R# X1 Z+ I2 T ; Q7 P& r" I2 n( C( o$ y0 l 5 S M; j. L% {BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION , Y# z5 P$ b# \( t0 r" H * } J1 t; ?5 k# Y/ h; b% d. NChina 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. - P2 P, |9 ?9 D: P2 X; A- j1 H1 e: U5 y" i" Q/ [
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.& ]" K8 f# ~- J. m8 c/ A. 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.( f. Q8 T$ a$ e* g" b/ z$ s
+ X, D; C5 w4 gThe 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 E+ L: [% @! A. c+ K+ ]; C- ]" r/ F2 W8 H$ @5 z* o1 O5 K
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. ( A* j, l3 O, M m; z. K" \9 W: W, m
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.. m8 {% R9 E( J# f
1 H; _- g; e5 m" R+ F+ pThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 e, Z) ~4 a! a8 a, g
1 U' s. Q# B5 ?" z$ }, `/ Y1 xAn 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.” ' {! \- R$ w! a, Q. @, h$ c0 G6 X6 V% n& W" Z! O6 H* m
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.) A; j) r/ ^' ]
4 ~$ V+ I. u- K) N# t" bThe 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. & Y# k- n4 K; Q* G; P+ N) ` ; ]; q: b! j8 t9 ]+ m+ z$ d : u0 _, m0 c3 R; B; T # {- f4 |" ~- c5 ?6 T0 nFinancial Times
