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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。 . o% }7 s( q7 ~% `2 a) p6 |3 f0 d% @) T8 N
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。) s& K1 p) L: z. ~, t# [
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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。 % q! ?2 W R6 o, R- Y 4 y( I, a, ?' 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。 ( g% b B4 X# [# W: h a& [' G( r/ P& J4 W6 N
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。3 m. e( E4 S% p; V0 L
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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 N% g6 v$ K* s- f$ R
2 n2 O! [2 N( c# p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”。 7 t3 c4 B7 T! r, h8 N5 g3 |# P9 z. l C! m1 |
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。”; R4 ?! _( n" M1 I+ y7 t
3 a0 M8 k( X& g+ O( Y8 A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。: \1 V" k9 S: _6 N& D! `
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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。8 O6 Z0 V9 O: Q8 M2 w/ U' O; w
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / j8 w9 H. k# V, T6 z6 f
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 0 a' q! ]2 \ K
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8 V2 k9 H! m! t6 V5 D( ZBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. H. Q X: J! z5 A7 Q" C: \
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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. 8 K7 E, k2 R5 T 4 p- k+ W. ~8 s V3 _5 l# B; fGovernment 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. ( r; A3 s7 H+ f) r6 Q, Z2 u6 t4 V2 h) F6 {
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. / L+ ?5 y1 G" y4 p$ J9 x6 g0 d 0 ?+ D' K' w# E" M: o NThe 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." D$ H' W& Z8 |
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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. 2 z9 u- `+ P) o/ }2 a( X5 s 5 |& R2 t8 q3 T+ u( u4 nThe 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. ( k5 m; w* k8 t C: M$ O8 t/ a- H" g
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. H7 J* R( d2 C& `6 z/ [
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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.” & d) R2 V( l, u: O/ F. Y7 F$ f0 z9 s $ H# G, v& s/ u6 c& U4 v. U" I% S3 sThe 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.2 z3 H7 S9 m& ^- ^
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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. * `) }, M U- ], A# ]0 E1 R5 d2 D6 V8 D/ E% K% z- {
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