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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。 8 a% r1 r: G7 n" u/ N' S( \8 z$ g3 O. J; u* I8 F8 \' i" E4 R
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。 & ?: m2 r5 g0 q0 C( I( S; f& t* \- z
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。: _+ J, L( Q. _# J. h
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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。 8 F0 N( A6 O6 `5 r & }2 k: A& W7 U+ s2 w% |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。) S: R5 O& @/ l7 r/ x! b
- i' `9 m9 N) p3 [7 n, J( Q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。* x* _" S' M! V; }0 }3 b* d
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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”。 ' L" B8 w0 a. f N9 V+ p2 x G9 z7 q
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 K9 b7 w8 S7 f; {
! [ Z7 j, E( I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。 . P7 b* I. w" B4 J$ m3 Q0 e; _5 f1 ~6 C% K3 N5 ]" d9 ^
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。* W8 n: g. }% n
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # A( U# H( w" F$ B
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , H* A6 @/ J" f( O! t+ p6 r " |5 [5 w2 }5 C* K% c3 g) E# p. Z ]0 D2 K+ D6 s3 Z( dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION, c. i" h6 F% X4 ~8 S
4 ~8 e! E: ~& K: S! xChina 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.! B& \5 R. \ c
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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. . `$ z0 R/ f. `; q % p. |& w& S2 U. Y6 JComing 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. H: `" T9 S- z4 j* t' z: q* v" [: O# o( g* ?- X; v
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. - T' J; o" E; a. u0 a& | 2 }% P) Q0 z0 w1 \2 M6 S' i) cChina'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./ O3 V4 h8 u! I% w
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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.* a3 v4 |, S( |$ c, O
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t. L$ l) S# n% k h' e/ n, xAn 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.” 7 I) j# {0 V; c . D/ w. L1 s; K0 w2 E' hThe 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.# x- K' ]. N4 h- c. g) j+ R
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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. ; K" G! H" l. ~% X% U1 ]- s9 w: }1 u- W1 V4 F
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