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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。 " s0 h" W) {7 R ' o! [3 Y, d) D/ C i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。 5 e* {: h; D9 R, X 7 X8 T9 O8 Y: ?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。+ u$ C( e3 U0 b2 d
1 r1 R; }/ z& i! s* h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。 & Q1 v' L' u3 X/ ^; p d7 w' D! d( o0 }+ ^' y- O
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。 9 p1 s1 D, ^; v# V 2 F. L) P- k: u6 e2 \5 T: s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。 - i3 I+ \/ F, y% Z. X# q t7 l, Q4 c& M1 J3 m7 b0 V" S4 @2 i
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”。 , A! q# a5 g6 C. V/ `: J: g! B( s6 v5 V/ a% j! a
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 z1 A( x7 Y( ^5 v4 V. p. `2 q2 i$ i* i# n# j* f
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。6 U4 D# F- n5 B: G: C
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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。' ~3 O& f5 u4 \2 ?% J: Y& y; v; d
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( n' a: r3 k8 C& jWednesday, June 27, 2007 ( v/ W8 q# R& {' l: ]3 c
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& J8 a% M2 j. g8 h2 K+ {9 LBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; A9 D$ N" t) k% a; |
6 _, E' P0 J' {/ M/ Y: I* YChina 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. 2 c# l6 p" c/ ^ z1 k# q+ G ; e* d! Q* H% {) h8 ~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. # ~9 c4 d* w3 [5 }; j1 Z9 ^( @. u) w+ w2 u
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. 7 k$ K! U& R" }% t& p* @8 M* F; t9 _+ B
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. * g% W. Q) U5 L( H. ^( m9 l* X( X; z) f$ l. {" [5 T
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. 6 X5 |# e4 K1 C! H+ S4 |+ q ' f0 w9 a! ?# l8 Q# x% Y8 F/ BThe 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. / K! t0 `0 q! a- B/ h/ x4 I; d+ U3 W5 R* o+ p; M0 \2 x$ k! I
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - F0 G I% i: h4 S7 v1 P 0 g3 O4 x6 U7 g: S6 F8 r/ 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.” 4 I. T/ r; R. ^1 r7 G1 L5 M" W 9 E' P! I( w; D: e. GThe 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. : D H6 M: R; Y6 J. A4 R* x: P$ q8 J0 s$ d4 l0 L: p$ n
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' `& }9 a" w* u7 E 3 C3 d7 j/ {0 R8 G" D3 p' M0 c& u5 H) _8 O$ @
