7 t' a/ h* y# X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。 - x( B" t: U1 m n0 p& {2 v2 M# A0 {0 H! \+ B9 K8 Z! n& M5 e+ k
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。 * f/ z1 ~* H6 I& Q4 p" v , u" d+ a) e: y% I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。( @+ a2 X( u/ Y) {
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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。 4 M6 e( W4 ~" b( L# }9 o9 x5 i4 t0 s+ V. y T' y
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。2 q% W! {; f9 h5 W
8 N5 U( T6 s0 j( j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。: \* a1 @! r. A Q
O3 a5 D& A0 x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”。 / r/ Y& v/ P( E' i9 { ! H# |; z) {0 l- z% T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。”, N' z3 L0 U" {9 i
) Y: Z# K: K/ n- I! |7 o" 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。 . C. d7 M7 o$ E6 O+ z1 N: b- A, S2 g7 B+ J. u. i: _/ |
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。 4 c& M9 B* x, U6 J+ h4 R9 V $ B* @. m1 A1 _. c2 W0 {$ Q- L0 Y) p3 z
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( j3 F0 [- q" s
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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. 4 h8 e1 G% L. x2 _( @ M7 X! C6 i" h( r' e
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.5 S* i$ T2 Y" @. s4 D
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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 v, a8 w5 H! |$ b+ f& X
2 U; v4 S( C7 u8 eThe 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. 9 ^! k) I7 S, s4 O+ E/ H7 N; t" o5 P( Q4 o* s$ N `8 @
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.8 S5 P+ W6 I1 q$ ]( s7 M
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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.8 G6 S. K- D% O: ]) R
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% B- X: I$ T: r1 jAn 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 n) I7 A* x1 [3 Y4 ~% I- z
: a a8 f1 A8 c; j+ O# eThe 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.7 `8 k! `. ^# J5 c2 b6 ]7 P
) a+ i1 j* D9 P' _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.4 Q* h6 w- `) h/ ?3 A0 T' s d
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