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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。; q; [/ M d4 P
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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。 0 ?, F/ c1 @" ~6 w ) {1 Y q5 s: l# V8 r, 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。5 w: f8 F" Q J# A3 x: E2 T( h1 p
* H$ i" T8 \* g" Z- \, R4 n( ~+ `7 G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。# `$ C" A5 g) _* _: K
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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。 ; [ F8 g1 r6 e+ l+ Q, I5 H9 v% Z1 J1 L, @2 s0 b8 P; l
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。 : F$ K& U& R& ^! \0 ] 4 e0 n* @8 i$ ^1 g5 ]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”。2 Y5 `( h" U4 K. Z/ C
: z' `- ^" e: c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 X3 L$ n; N1 @4 [& e' O/ y ^* R
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。 * W/ m! B( y/ |( o8 a' _, A q8 ~' C" h" ~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。 . l% F) S+ {* \6 w5 X6 R( x% ?# C/ H8 T. E, R) A3 |9 a
: Q u8 f5 r; q8 S0 B; D. \! _2 fBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai " A( H# I7 l& o2 W( l
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1 D- M/ H) v& D2 H 6 b. M/ W' t7 o1 U. E9 b& j* C; [0 o: g+ w
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # g c% c' c# v9 }! o8 E$ t! g2 {+ ]
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.- H: q1 \% C% f5 N8 b% G
# v. k, O2 [; T! f3 mGovernment 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.% f9 L. j+ Z& M0 ?9 W
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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. 1 }8 F9 o# g+ B6 [# p& U + _/ z, b. j; }. u; ]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. 4 @: w) N T8 S6 _" e # B/ n0 {8 o9 `9 pChina'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.- z5 K4 L+ Z: G# k7 |( w$ e
& r4 i1 M3 e1 J8 k) R( k6 y. o$ CThe 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. & Y; A7 D, o# _& ~+ V A% F # f! K6 r& _4 Z& mThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 j C- l- _- R2 p. {; S4 T" v4 }* K! E1 C' B
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.”# C# T1 ~* q7 Y5 F
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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.& x. W8 b& Y0 V3 \$ U4 V
+ k- V- c& R! Q* w, WThe 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.5 {5 {6 i9 C+ l5 f5 w! |
