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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。 ! K% q# `8 ~, a' b8 C. N- ^ }/ S4 r% v5 h
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。* I/ _# _2 c' P2 ^2 Z P( Y
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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 p7 I1 \8 ?2 Y1 }
* w B, Y: N7 a2 U/ E6 ?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。4 k- A" t9 B0 }2 b
% }" g6 e8 S1 t4 M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。 , r& v6 o4 y# r6 z q( k3 k ! V" j0 }" U' z( ~9 G3 u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。 - J' L2 ~9 {, m+ P: e3 W9 r1 M, y' Y& V0 s# f& K3 g; M
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”。6 z. a' q7 m" ]% Z
; o0 M0 E/ Q/ T" f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。” ! L' R$ M# N6 f: X6 `! [( f6 }% y$ s' b2 h# m/ q; R9 I
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 Y& l; R: p2 G& y! I
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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。. H |9 Z* I t/ J
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9 D: y5 o6 }" {( w2 e( u, e0 eBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( ]9 M z: L7 b& M1 o* K# vWednesday, June 27, 2007 6 A! ?% a* B! i& I/ x& f. k" @" F7 p, R8 q
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 w- y* `# R1 s0 S( Y m
) ]( c0 _( h! B; P: j9 `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.# f+ `) g/ R7 k
5 X" L1 U3 Y5 ]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.) {9 a# j7 `8 y: Z
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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.7 V) ^+ E, z# i" k' f# w
3 o/ U* P9 k4 T q. {1 BThe 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./ w2 E' ` L8 ~
. B5 q$ F. e8 ^China'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. 5 V' M7 ]2 E/ e9 z( w # Z4 \# F6 Q- nThe 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. 3 l N* E. P# Z" t/ P" o: f M: X( I7 Q Q; E0 J0 q- C/ F/ j0 `: Z8 a
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " m% m/ H0 J. Z# h1 `5 d' `9 u# s
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.” ! b! H& `* ?/ b9 f! f. L6 R) F b" A4 h ^- u1 U+ M
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. " K. }* {) B+ {: I1 C5 c' {# o6 d ?
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.% _. T$ P9 p+ v. e3 y- L) N4 p
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