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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。 * s, n( |1 q; q: L# u4 X : x4 q F8 o; n. N9 v( u: X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。 {) q, ]% C/ [# d/ j# |$ [ 6 k7 |! h' a! z) E! K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。 * g9 @" | m3 W+ f 5 c- w( j6 h R6 u0 Z' g
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。2 ]+ y- t% ^: ?8 M; G
4 @, H; v/ m1 D. Q6 i/ C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。6 W! T' |2 o% F; T8 q% L
3 p W# J! s' ~ N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。8 B% [6 V3 N- _) K
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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”。- P7 M- d/ B: @5 O* y1 }' o1 V- U
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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。” ; h2 @$ r2 G* w+ ]& `" r1 D- F1 F# J! v6 S k$ H
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 A Z" c6 W. r( H: G; N8 ]( R4 D! Q, P: U, `
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。 : W* s: u) x+ t ; K2 x% T4 _1 @* { ) \6 D& y. R7 w: Z+ z% YBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % K' S& P; G8 Z2 t8 j4 Q. N
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$ @9 {. W& x: h& h# ` # d0 x# I) C# ?. @6 d0 G2 XBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; S7 V# S1 N- L' v 8 O1 G! r. h' u! Y9 v% ?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. . a. ? P0 }1 y, l* f1 A + ]+ w1 M0 L2 P# O. @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. 2 k8 q& N }5 x% c& r$ n) [1 q* T6 p3 o5 G3 q2 H- s
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." i' L7 L0 j1 K# C
1 @8 r1 z& b3 x c. K3 T- 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. / ~$ q; g! z w* y , `: D+ Y+ z2 I& A N# \7 z1 F& g, wChina'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. 6 {; O! m) l: w2 t. d. V) ^* w# @9 \5 K5 H- p
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. * q* h$ J& K7 o |- C( [0 N5 Z* K! U& ^ A: Y7 q
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. l' ^1 R {; g) t& ?/ D / z( h; P" i0 b( G$ \- A' s! J @, [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.” + U/ d) v0 r5 A7 B9 ] 5 S0 r" ^) s, e' d! H6 V& TThe 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.2 l' ?' V* _. o
+ f; O+ c" k# @5 h8 TThe 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.( `$ u) ]& K: F9 R6 n
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E1 \9 M) Z7 F4 s8 G1 V 5 H3 I# A) ]! ^- `- jFinancial Times
