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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。 3 o; x& V: y. ]8 s+ ~0 ^( d' h4 u: i* N" _- m' i, a
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。# ?$ V; ^1 r' z* m; s/ ~; V
7 b* @2 B8 `, z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。 9 A) i7 u# Q3 N8 f' F2 G9 s5 m \4 p+ w: [) ^) }; y# L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。1 K/ m# W0 S% o9 E' Q/ B4 B
% E+ q! ~, s4 g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。 % e5 @( d6 }2 t4 Q: N' m: J. x1 f. o" K! {- W
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。 0 `3 w/ m& o' L9 d. Y$ A/ g3 l6 \1 \$ L: A5 O" A* N% E4 l
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 u) I+ A$ e, I' R: k1 _
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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。” 9 R( n! l- L5 K" a0 U) m; F& c0 |- D" A# S3 M2 w1 Z) Z
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。 % A/ D; k+ P* w4 u0 x" e- U! y& N ; v% E4 q) T. [, j! e* f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。 % ^+ N6 @) z8 w1 @ 5 X3 u# K Q3 |& J V, U s* h2 V: p, T
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ D6 M: a, Q& `4 d3 I+ LWednesday, June 27, 2007 $ n; i/ u4 R" b* A+ v/ y& | ) _, T, S- f0 V* S. K6 D F$ x ! Q+ n# W$ Q8 z" e3 @BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION - z6 j& C) h6 w5 q& O8 A: | " z* g& Z7 N+ x" Y9 e; b' |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." b+ s, E5 }+ _ V- H. R! `
- N* r' Y$ y0 s8 n6 O) R+ ~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. # y8 d1 n' R1 R2 t8 g, { ) B1 C/ n; U( ^" D; R2 G( NComing 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. ! i: i4 W! d6 [ ! T: w% k6 _3 E& tThe 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.5 ^% m, j8 _0 t4 X0 @! ^. c
; I" z/ e! ^+ X+ s$ t+ p. MChina'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.% w9 {* V; y* B' x. H: O0 z
! X( \2 H1 Z4 r5 a1 R' ^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 t! P7 y c) {2 a* w
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# C% @$ f9 S% v9 l
8 @9 g. J! O4 q/ X0 U f6 cAn 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.”7 k) b1 Y" F% r4 g% q" F* y0 L
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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.0 d/ {6 T1 y( i" K% m* U
' v" j( t9 ?( s& XThe 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.; H; J; A p5 O% A: t
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