+ f0 V9 p* f* {) u( G- ]& q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。 9 B. b2 J3 M7 ~- M 0 q z* O1 |9 ]6 J7 h- 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。 " v# B4 }4 W& H# u+ L1 P, s, \ * N. x/ L- n- u1 `7 [' h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。 % a' g. ?: }; i- k1 @/ Y/ N ! ~2 F' G0 |2 Z& K9 j3 d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 i- P+ [6 ] }, U. H
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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。 $ u. X8 c( E; a2 k7 X, t; A6 O5 M1 z: e
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。 " m; t* \1 b0 s: b5 h/ L3 L7 D # K0 z9 Z7 l: ~; g, o# v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”。 " K+ l5 C8 C' y- }& w, O. g - l8 X) P1 a5 o" w8 d3 k6 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。”4 w2 v. F$ F7 @, P3 _/ j1 |+ Q
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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。 - e0 |4 }( P3 |5 G) X1 p' n4 H & V" l) y7 O' r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。 d; _0 U& k, Y% j
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' x/ O# y9 U" e1 I3 b u1 A$ V3 Y5 FWednesday, June 27, 2007 ( @0 n0 z g' e: L: E
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 e9 e9 Y- Q, L* z$ L4 H1 ?2 z. l
. ?: z& |' E$ p H- LChina 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 Z/ e" d5 {4 }0 P8 q" n; _( ~* Q
4 V+ A4 T3 g- _5 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. 2 p, j% _ g* J& ]' ]* U+ O 2 K9 \" }6 n2 R- WComing 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. & D8 h% b$ c4 }$ H' ~8 ? " k" T, i- O! x# g( WThe 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. , D0 i5 {; ~; B0 L# a! T q8 v6 W- x8 H0 G2 a' }; \) S% m2 s
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.: ]5 W# G d; v* F% W2 b
5 j/ W! @% r4 {0 ]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.. U- L+ o- ^' Y# I6 M: \( |
- ?) D- _) N- T' K# fThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. } p- B( X5 S$ V- q5 m' [1 b2 Y% v& I2 e" Q
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.”) x( v' |! M; J( h3 X2 n" i
8 A* z9 O* u6 c: _( ^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. " [& @: }' t. j# Z+ D8 N' q0 d1 g9 k, F) Q+ k/ y
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. " L' N% A9 `2 v' d( E9 y# F $ Q7 W8 w2 i- X, c6 v* t4 v" o+ V9 F8 j3 Q6 [) W
