' N# ]! K* d. A8 C6 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。! L$ |0 U, @" S' ~2 y: Q G
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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。 1 G1 P3 P! d2 J* ?7 m5 z6 }# O0 q+ }6 I, g; x4 t/ [7 M. D) o
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。 6 I* B/ l0 Y* K: `* B 7 ]+ G. A5 U4 m/ ]' S4 C9 m
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。 7 H# U) v/ F. E3 O) q6 r7 N' R0 L9 D' d( c. e5 ?
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。. u& n$ M, U. p# k) }5 x( S; x2 L
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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。 " C1 @+ k8 R6 ?" _) C6 R$ x7 Z( n8 h8 n; N, i9 ^/ X
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”。 ' J$ @1 z& F- Z2 a( e- f7 t4 t/ @3 E h2 d* N9 V# s6 \& ~9 W% G
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。” 7 U5 F$ ~' f9 F0 ~# S7 ?3 I$ g6 |$ F k) c( x
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。 2 n3 H! X7 Z. m+ q / W3 j7 S0 j" z k/ P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。 * }9 t8 N- c/ N, j3 n0 R1 L3 o2 ?5 h8 } D: i& U& H1 g
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( a% U; P% {: Y9 n7 Q {1 D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% D) I; l3 d, d% V
0 I! p% T3 x- A3 jChina 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.; }/ A3 k- E- G8 A5 K+ P$ c8 I
2 \$ i- \/ T$ s* g2 WGovernment 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( D/ G2 I. U1 M3 K
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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.- Q* |. a2 p! V& q# }, M! g
2 ~$ B X) V3 J; Z- I+ e8 `. n$ WThe 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. f4 b. Z% ~2 ]4 E + x0 Z7 q/ `8 D! {; f! |5 d; s' H. 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. + u( B1 Z3 O7 K, t % c* M+ o7 x3 g' f* A: Q2 L7 YThe 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.2 K/ g# g0 q7 u# U
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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.” . ]% S8 D- B3 m- K4 |( B& w; K& _$ C5 k9 X
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. ! \* H1 j6 Y0 t5 e- @+ K) w4 \8 [+ w( {4 ]4 t
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.7 i0 O5 s; ^' r: X! y8 {
