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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。 " o& U2 \! G* u5 o4 {$ X8 {$ ~$ T1 H* U* U: 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。( [! b9 W5 K9 C6 Q/ h
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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。( X2 l: D @- a2 d
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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。 ! Z' e( _, s8 i p ) }9 i2 l ~2 p) B! \) X [4 Z! p. 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。 3 U \& p. m/ H6 b. E5 P4 }' Y l) b$ m 1 n: r9 I. i& [4 }1 T9 G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。 _* n8 o0 e f- o & l: {6 L5 {- a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”。6 r* I1 u0 A+ w: y( {
* w( `1 G! [8 g+ H3 a3 E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。”. C I2 d3 { `; ^
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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。 + o9 z# g, L% y8 |6 |. S. N9 K0 h! W; i* Y F
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。 4 l# s ]& ^* o0 L" e4 p5 v; Q4 f* a; G) Y; k7 n
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # P( p% w* a% G' G) z5 c3 v; N1 xWednesday, June 27, 2007 % @% q4 Y! M, l% ]
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* Z& v. v, D& q; kBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # r. {2 P' x3 E8 x 3 u8 b, J% C- C) u1 u% SChina 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. * f% a0 p$ }/ _: e ' u. Z5 o) G8 a2 U" b5 ]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.( ?) [. v# m* G) h3 I( i
* Y% _* H2 ~; a8 ~$ ]' I6 n' A$ RComing 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.% S5 {" z1 V- |' m
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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. % _4 w$ H8 y m3 b) e9 K , a( C0 L, A6 P9 R+ o4 SChina'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.4 d C1 _' U# p* S7 T
W! O) O7 P+ r6 OThe 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.$ h2 w6 J0 J4 d3 }; T. i
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 s+ \: P( b8 R, d# i* j% ?$ J3 K* G- u) S
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 }3 o5 [/ N% a; t( q; @+ p0 ]& ]
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.8 p) ^; T+ ~; H6 V
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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. 4 E+ O/ H' \& Y3 s$ l3 y R : D9 f& L# f8 E/ V' F ) q- g; N( k! x$ B m7 a: g1 b6 X% ^& k! ], m
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