% x [8 L; e, `7 n* x6 E& R0 L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 T, W m, J$ D: @2 R7 Q, |/ d# M; W9 e
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' e$ h, @$ c" W* R
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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。 3 b$ s5 a% h* f 7 M5 w9 Q4 A) ~6 L2 W. f7 i
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。 ( e. y) d$ b w. b# E7 ~8 U2 Y, [7 X' V/ X6 ^( ]- C
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。# C- c- T+ |. u: y
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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。; k4 m9 ]4 o- P
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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”。+ q4 R! r& d3 {1 ^3 s: ^& Y
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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。” 9 s6 v- ^5 m2 B, ~3 ^+ ^( ?4 _/ x 8 W, v0 [3 m. G- {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。 ) ?2 A9 ?* e1 L9 z* k" k f' }2 a5 p" y' g
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。) }) k1 O( s; L
6 B# i& Z# @/ V ( v, B9 B! w- g% f8 e! CBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai A9 Q/ V5 H3 C1 H. {" h& W+ v( A
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 0 G/ `$ c0 j! K- E( @7 F! o! A * i5 K0 Y. f* @4 S' b+ ^* F0 f- H5 h7 y6 Q9 k
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION* N1 y5 D* T! k; w7 i6 {
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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. ! M+ i, U; `* U1 q/ o4 o( r3 }5 I# t
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 y# `$ d) x: p: {' f% H: R
! u& `, z1 g1 L% s2 R5 X. F+ Z# [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. , u, H, t+ t2 y: M$ f& F( Q; P/ U7 u
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. 6 I" e5 @" w7 q. |9 Q% G! } % f, `1 W/ a5 D' `% `5 M# `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.. p) y. z* I/ M$ z% \9 D+ Q6 ?" L
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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. 1 g3 n* h# w# e- Q$ t 1 \6 \; r$ H4 y4 l' \. |! M% H7 `The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% t: P I. Y' C z, N T( M* c
& \$ B, C2 q% ~1 s P9 |( ~+ HAn 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.”8 x3 I* y' Y& G% U3 u
6 D; X: w6 h$ W3 j5 wThe 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." Y; S1 y) N; D/ h7 u
; ?, K. V$ H M6 Q, V, tThe 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.* q" y& Y R$ x, J/ ^
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