+ J E- E* f2 Y+ y; @/ [# y, 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。 ) o2 }: q! N6 y# k! y0 @/ P: L 6 Y2 e9 C9 a" l: d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。 * B3 A' E: d1 l9 Q - g2 s2 f* ?8 `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。7 W C0 q5 U0 N ~, t7 G! j
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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。 $ `$ l& ?! K. Z# k, n# }# y+ Y6 T, B 3 @6 q" }+ K& s9 W% K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。: V1 s- z& h0 w+ C: A3 j1 Q' B" A
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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。8 V, T E b$ K/ b: M$ ]
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' t/ \3 x o: w3 A4 K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。”) O( ~+ U, i% i3 \* ^4 H; V" A
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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。) m0 i; p$ H2 m0 R$ J/ P
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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。 * Q7 F; `9 s3 l + [. r# O' w2 c5 n % v0 \ j- b5 x2 L, ]By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 |# E4 b$ M' 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.$ r# a# u1 c( D2 A
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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.: l5 {2 r. O% Q9 l2 A% S
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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. 3 g/ H2 o% |1 b) I( I; f) a! `& f y, d( J- d% w8 ?5 A
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. 6 {" k9 L/ [5 t9 s# ^- j" d0 c% W! J! w" K
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. + ] d8 j: w. {# Z+ C9 C0 y: U- z: H% m* J/ k- M+ j+ @
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 s) H5 S: L3 h5 |! Y" ^ / B# G5 G& B/ [+ `( j% QThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. , T( f! H: [! p0 F$ B/ @; i* z7 T* B0 V+ x! \
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 l7 ~- [ D3 K* x
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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.! I8 G# _# g4 Y* n( x7 V
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