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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。/ V1 ^6 ^/ X7 n& @8 |2 L
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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。 , C( E! x1 Q" |; P7 o" t3 m- L; V% {8 ?, _; w1 ^) {, z/ q8 p
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。1 F$ n; H% r, Q7 Y9 \2 v
5 d# k7 e5 D H; B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 Z# D; {/ f; F0 p$ l8 q
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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. C! m+ {9 r. I {# ^) Y2 K# K6 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。+ B, Z" k+ H' A) @
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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”。$ q( y- i5 u) @8 e& `, O2 F1 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。”2 H) J# Q- L/ O+ f2 O+ ^6 n
: l3 M# O; ~8 I& c- J1 t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。 : G; p3 |( F8 S) g + o, L; _/ L! \. }# M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。/ f5 Y, w; C9 }# X
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! \2 p- V! i0 ?" H0 kWednesday, June 27, 2007 " }6 [+ P6 e7 y$ w
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # a% t( n" \$ c4 }7 I: s8 L" l& i% \ ) f% p' C+ s& j7 J ZChina 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. ) m" \6 v# j q ! N7 `1 F7 Y7 H2 _& 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., w* C% o* Y) z2 g5 g8 | `( k
2 {% _0 j, L" r2 B: c. l# ]1 LComing 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.; S2 n! H7 e8 h& A+ r3 _- u# R) s- X
+ F; B3 {/ @4 a( K7 F4 \1 T6 dThe 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." a x+ o. L9 [; Y8 L0 X
4 E a( s) ]' `3 y6 ^! AChina'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. ' H/ k0 n* h c4 @; @8 z) Z: @9 S * r- @8 u$ f8 h( [* x# A! qThe 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. ! q8 X4 _; F1 m6 j8 N! v7 u; a+ ? d+ f
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.3 c3 l$ d! X9 K9 Q0 Q
2 g* k& h9 l! i+ l4 eAn 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.” 7 s- O r2 b6 [9 e) l- x; \5 B( c% S% y E5 Z
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. , ~* D' W0 g1 ]5 Y, w/ ?! T 2 E$ P6 [% }; Y: S" l" _1 ~4 iThe 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./ X8 j" T; R2 f
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