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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。 ' A4 t& a! m. M8 w& e/ g% I ( C, H A# L8 V. j$ z0 ?/ S2 ~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。 0 ^8 h: `$ H, L; j- [7 _ & x& L4 s& [" c: C5 F: ]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。 0 j% U) E- p% X+ M2 m) k4 u7 k $ O) B, v/ d, [& H/ s5 ~# `9 ]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。 / o ~& ~" Q% R9 S+ V) {4 }' ~; M+ E
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。; c" }- m$ A# d C( @
3 C N! o" X+ t6 e/ u9 z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。4 e: j* v2 u0 g# E
$ ]4 Z8 I# {' M- R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”。: I4 F1 ~/ u, s4 U9 o
: Z! b! E) _! I$ a$ h. L! _: m7 H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。”. G; @; `! P6 q* q$ k G# ]
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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。8 _2 `/ N- n0 x) L8 X& H# ~, N. v
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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。' I9 G5 \% r3 b: Z* X: {3 ^
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' {) P8 p. m7 r7 }2 FBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . H" D8 E1 w) F$ f9 GWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 |- }! K1 o, R; Q 1 S/ s! ~1 Z3 ^4 N5 b : R1 l# y% v8 I5 |: L( A( s" vBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION* V' ?* Z+ ~1 [: X; c; j
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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. * y" ]: L: f! N' G! c ! P" n4 i: X% Y- U7 S& v- |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. 3 s# m" N8 i. \9 x9 _ 9 f; Y; G9 \6 E) t& I' i+ ^* qComing 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. ) l C4 v9 ^( t1 p7 y$ \( i& W& W) l- x- ^2 i6 m
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.. d7 j ^; W9 U2 ^# A1 V9 L
4 ]" V' g- f% {- G3 K2 YChina'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.- l; K) w6 E2 \* c) y' [
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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 X3 H. C8 I7 q! {8 C; Q, F$ b* H& I' p' M/ m. C7 @. W% E8 g
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / K5 s1 p' Z1 P% I- g" I8 y3 W3 v6 W) t1 z5 l; ]- f7 }; s0 N
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.” - i, P9 x: |7 R2 |4 ?6 { C* e ?4 d* w& l& v6 _, sThe 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. ( w* x( L( W$ j3 Z2 _2 x; T+ Z2 c% m$ k8 B. r9 M# o# l c2 f
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. ; o6 Q' T9 f1 I+ [1 J& E6 F' D 5 Z4 | t8 v$ Z6 @% {8 B( n, k: `
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