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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。1 }& ~5 A' ]5 s) S. K/ w% G# r
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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。 , C! V9 p9 Q0 n! a 7 s& \: I! n' Z b0 K: B4 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。' d1 J4 j+ W" k5 z! u3 |4 k( J- p
. S' x. r9 d4 w+ h+ k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。* D' [9 N$ Z! |1 l. [7 j( p& O
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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。8 G; }, n# d, O; m0 [+ l! K! s
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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。 0 m6 Z: g0 W) \( x 7 k. \$ ?; T+ q/ Q( S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”。* T, s% L: a7 ?8 A! z
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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。” 0 e1 e8 n5 X. T$ e! C& E* s, C; B- b4 Z- m/ ]
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 W$ P7 y6 Z) g1 ^ 3 F' w8 P" t# u/ F- Z- a8 `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。 + X- E! Q8 T* _* }, d5 W0 f- T& `& u9 E& A1 r
( }& w" a+ ]. U! K1 L; IBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( U% H- u1 _0 |+ e' d: C
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 + y* P( @! b: k4 {1 M7 Z" q
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, ]/ U' {# t9 a$ e+ mChina 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. 1 @' D i: C! }1 n: q& m6 z, e0 B3 E+ h; V. Q$ ]
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.& `2 K: f5 z2 c* h
% F' M0 a; {* c; h7 CComing 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. ' @% u$ w$ L) q " ~ k1 I$ \" F* 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. , ]2 [. }! c( B- T% T4 C: e$ H( e' {/ Z6 W1 l; A0 S! n4 ^
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. 9 Q, s, W. S& \5 r E! e1 c* W4 t$ ?. X. O/ F: ^8 n" \
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 w$ B" P! z5 Z. Q
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. # y+ u8 k% {5 x+ g $ K/ Z) |( q' w" l: dAn 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.”: q7 k- s7 u0 `8 l V
: e# I. R) | U; W0 QThe 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. 5 {8 ~: C, D2 A- M ' O- I X' e/ W6 aThe 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. 5 f4 @+ M* Z% D( L. v 0 d8 R, W/ ?7 w" u9 w% g5 S, T $ Z/ i# L+ ^) b! @- e + H2 }4 d# O7 c) e0 {Financial Times
