. ?" v) Q7 ~; u1 i% O6 z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。 " ]: h+ h& M8 p. ~ . @ v5 \7 U$ t& q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。 ) F5 A3 m- R5 D* j; H. a ) d x- x# I3 R/ m5 O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。8 Q) k ?% |" Y9 `9 ]5 B( r
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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。 & g& }" k/ T/ { ^8 [* e: d( W) ^2 _4 G& x9 P1 Y/ J
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。 6 I d' a {4 P ( Q- R Z# _7 L' t7 |# A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 \! h- I4 R- @8 _
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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”。 ; m1 f" p- b& a1 b, P+ E( d # S3 I6 ]- Q2 E/ K2 p4 u0 e2 ?) j7 ?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。”4 ~, c3 g, G, a% n
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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。 ! N( F# k" r; u2 U3 V3 ~ W# O$ ~& 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。8 T) C9 b& I) n9 _
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4 @) Y% L: i0 Q* c- y2 I 7 W# j% T' e1 T* z& X % ~" y. D1 m# d0 [" k [# V- dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION: D3 g( h3 ?) C( h
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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. % }- |, _7 z4 ?/ d$ V1 i) X% q 3 `- e3 g; d/ i% [ j# g s$ OGovernment 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. ( a; h" Z8 ` L% g# p) ?6 e1 {# G$ d0 B0 E! D$ g0 t9 ]0 s9 W
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 m" r( k1 \3 n- Z' ^- n4 f M4 H2 F0 h: w0 q# s
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. 0 p0 m, Z8 \9 z+ b5 R" Q8 Z $ [2 G+ y D- ?2 ]! [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.7 L! q+ @7 ? Q3 @- c( Q2 s
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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. 9 }. A' ^/ I f# [" [0 D1 g* h9 U 1 S% b# E, O2 X3 RThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.2 H- G7 e1 J! ~4 Q" J
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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.” : P* {# y& d, E2 Z$ S4 ?5 c/ _9 E6 \ % H% F0 k# L! b! U& |( G. iThe 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. 4 q7 x' |% O0 l C) x* X! s: `( @% l4 O( X- a
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. * O: q& n! _0 Z& y2 u, v9 ~; N/ k' i5 h% T
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