8 j$ j0 U4 w1 h3 G% D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。 0 {$ i* ]4 h' ^, Z% l2 f+ h$ X% s. W( I7 p, {
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。 1 y/ e/ K* O3 M. ^9 t4 k ' b, T$ d; D2 a- s4 G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。 ; M4 `5 q3 r t ! j4 V9 e8 X1 h" t1 e- J7 ~. [/ j
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。- m7 C$ Z+ q4 a! B" U B6 L
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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。 $ D n2 p) g7 o7 Z1 A0 j; L8 W4 l, x) X7 X- i+ ]
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。 3 P: [1 K' e' N' k( u9 J: V& `5 z3 e2 |- ]
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”。 0 r2 o) a: ^1 v5 [& W, ?4 |* `0 [5 j* x
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。”8 ~: [/ }: j: G1 p$ d
! B7 B2 `1 C t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。! t: H" s2 w/ b9 _& s
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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。 # E4 B9 M8 |9 r9 ^8 I' \8 w& G$ i. E7 `! w$ `, l* i
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 `. p. q- W* W
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4 X" n) ?+ D4 w w4 m, {: L ( D" [. a2 T. w) ~3 v# i* S0 n, }% j) S# w; b# h) l, p8 Y( H$ C- c7 c
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% V/ a; G) y" r' R. S$ @6 P
g( }( v# [3 OChina 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. % Q, s @: r! J# g' M) ~. z# N0 n ! {& {# Y1 b' x. KGovernment 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. . C9 w8 ]( q$ G) x( e4 W' z! P) ~# Z+ F. u; _# j
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.2 e5 E+ u: K9 F3 u7 E
: A8 Q6 w1 E4 x7 o$ YThe 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./ b- r4 C* n" a% i
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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. 3 B( k, U o* K- w O @( r+ i7 e, G& S' U
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.7 P8 u) ~# c0 C3 i. U
( d! C1 O% A: f) `* E2 W1 pThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- T. V4 O" D+ {0 W
7 B1 V, M' N% X) [' M) u7 D$ ?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/ g9 C7 t/ o* ~$ t" r* H' @% h+ ~7 Z
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.9 f3 `2 X5 e6 B! {
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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. / z3 n/ f P# ~, w' M3 o, S: S7 ^$ L6 D% l$ p' @
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