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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。2 h) N. U) L) ^- B H0 ], o
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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。: H, h" x7 H; b# l* U# X
4 n# r: ]" x; L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。- s0 ~7 {& P- S+ H+ y5 W N
0 H1 b. l: |0 o5 v. A' {7 j$ R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。- _& F$ J6 N1 b) s; i; J g: R
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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。, c2 k/ Q! k: a! F! u
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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。 + r# b2 M: }& a5 n( p0 w 7 l. n( v1 y, ?/ W! E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”。 $ Z; {+ y' X) q; `: o) I3 {7 ^" ?
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。” . T8 w( p$ G6 W. M* f; y2 N- e+ z2 m* e9 A% U
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。* d' z9 _& _4 n8 T b
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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。- x) _% [0 G1 }) p+ p/ y' _
* B, K) ]! W, f Q) W3 k+ VBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION- B, p" G6 V$ d# e
! \& R' D c! s/ X- g0 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. ; c5 s3 ^" _: X& S) @# | 8 y5 z2 s: A6 G: r/ g4 \5 E" bGovernment 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. 6 ]1 Z# A8 v3 z2 k/ q, q+ y7 `, y5 m) m7 p
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.. r7 _/ \: c' @+ |; H1 [' \1 `, D
M$ y/ w1 C8 R6 iThe 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. % x% L, p+ z; K- C/ O% @ ) U% O+ y/ j- I! fChina'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. / X" _ I: W7 K5 f' ?+ [" Y, |, I% r: g3 E+ K! y
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. - \0 n. F7 E7 W9 l: [7 {/ N# c& G4 \4 r0 a6 G. n0 b
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ Q" S+ c; b5 S8 q
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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.” |9 ^0 A2 p7 ?8 m" C
7 _& \- F4 ^. {+ ?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.- F y- t- J$ z
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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./ v- ]! p. m& K6 z- _1 f. s
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