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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。8 F T1 r4 I7 g, @& L0 D
( [' F8 @5 k' ^! a8 C: @- `- v2 ?+ g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。# R9 d5 K6 C3 H# s6 \- Z8 x( i" R. C
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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。( e. Q) G* @" y% E8 d" d
t! e5 ]7 U2 Y( Y5 b 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。 , d+ P/ V0 W4 p$ Y" a5 s " q3 ?& i5 \% W( W0 g. b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。 . s! E7 C1 m/ j/ | . s% S! t* r% N' @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。' J4 ?; }0 A; j& _, E
' H0 T6 u( a$ i) d" G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”。: E& S- r9 u, b) z( w
1 w* x' f, l! A/ g. I* b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。”( d- V- u5 D. b( L, Y0 H3 S
% B8 L. b, x' j5 I9 v# m$ E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。 ! U: b) Q. |0 E5 g- @2 V: [ : z, g9 U2 X! u$ B" s3 h/ q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。6 d3 e( a/ Q. t0 C, O: h
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / ^, ]+ T" Y$ k8 L& }5 X
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 5 m$ p7 G) J0 B2 R' N9 F- Z p7 z/ G; M2 q
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. 0 L5 m' Q e: _5 P1 R. a- o' a* i" j- v: ^5 V7 r% a
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.0 M: i9 [" Y- E- J( d3 z7 p
2 K _5 o0 i7 L# D P5 ?, j# K. kComing 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. 5 x; a4 T' l) D; o$ l$ r3 v / g }# a" r0 Y' j1 C6 GThe 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. ! r0 `, A: i( ~& D% h/ @( A3 R . C9 w6 K6 j! n4 h1 e" `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. , V$ |! z- F2 m( I0 ^# p! L+ V2 ~; d
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. 6 Y2 I |* @' r2 y' K7 X* ~" V ( A- a" i; Z dThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 Z5 z" X4 [+ ^& [6 r
6 P4 S- H& u/ c, t8 J( pAn 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.” 5 C* A( P5 h! W0 c0 M7 o% @1 X- J " g" F/ |# Y* m$ J. f' y' vThe 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.9 C& \) h5 ~1 O, c5 S
6 C* N; ]% i' B O# b8 p 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. ; i! J0 X5 _ F$ a " i* i/ w4 \- H' J& V7 E$ n , e7 ?6 B" n! o+ N6 L9 j + s6 r! E6 v. J8 Q4 MFinancial Times
