+ h3 Q/ J n' F$ N: ^9 P8 a" F- p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。6 \- d" C' c% k& `3 \; v* y/ L
! Q7 S. l5 x8 [: m7 u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。9 |% [' `5 B$ r% O& p8 O _3 l
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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。# ^$ a* Z/ z) R9 T* F3 D2 W
c+ E' u4 l \4 I' I$ Z. S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。) R! u& B# N4 h4 w }
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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。 + F9 a3 ?$ B# x: @ e ]7 e* H6 }3 }+ l( B
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+ i5 c6 s% k# y 8 I. ?* e4 ]* J8 V& G, K; 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”。 $ Q, \7 ~7 L% s0 C$ K/ n6 @ 9 g2 r0 K2 k" r/ 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。” ! S# l0 M# @6 V% H1 B$ h4 j" G, }' 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。1 L; g4 C" U" n2 p$ W7 G
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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。 : {1 {9 W9 G- J/ f. t9 [+ }6 X$ h# R" t! B: h' J
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION # @, o. m( N; B6 d ; Y0 d- _+ l4 ^$ w; n. ~4 aChina 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. # \% d, D7 t6 T, q, N6 h/ u , R! a8 U1 l0 _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. & {: f" L h* H( Y" _# K) r" D. r ( }) l/ j! ~' B& CComing 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.) q2 D& k( v% e, ^8 m
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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.”2 s; j; y: ?: s1 X; x. w% ]9 T
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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.8 B+ n% l# Z: G( @
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