( `- I; p. U! `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。 - f- t$ w2 D7 {9 o1 H1 w& y, m 0 I4 c: Q- H" f6 I( \: {3 e M. E5 K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。 - N. y0 k3 x6 n3 x# M7 w ' ?9 a5 F0 r3 I, x6 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。 : y) c- O, U+ P4 u1 T * B* J' T8 Z+ @4 ^3 V" x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。 3 D K1 Q8 A3 q3 u( _. d& I K 7 b& H/ \! e6 A0 e- ]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。 4 K# y6 Q2 U/ W, _5 a) q& C0 T% ` D+ R' @
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。 " t% X8 h' [% E2 ?% z9 N : x2 Z9 E/ Q" x' \3 ^0 |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”。 ( O0 e, J# }8 B! y$ k: B& U4 K8 ~6 c! @; h; `* n) I- [7 c
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。”2 z1 z: k4 X% b4 H
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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。 ( f! B8 \& g) z& A 3 I* E6 {; I. \# s! O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。& O7 R0 ]; \2 T7 k5 J ]& I% D' O
$ T" t( h5 _; u' x6 L # M% Y( U8 [. k6 \By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - l/ ]5 g' [" F+ NWednesday, June 27, 2007 9 u9 N+ |; s( u! R4 N9 W! E1 {6 G& I) b$ {! W
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION* C% Q: ]# i4 x' J! W
5 Y/ h+ t! N6 T" K" hChina 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.; L; J, Q9 J' v& V" ^
" O1 M" A7 P: t3 |3 U4 {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. 8 `% K! L- h a2 ^& D6 B% w/ a0 ?5 S ]! U5 c
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. K& s5 X/ P8 n6 ?0 ` / S _1 Q" L% [+ e2 |/ _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. $ d! X" C- m& X7 h+ p/ Y9 {* h6 I. R5 g0 e2 W2 B
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.% F& J4 j. C" |! J
) ] W1 f& K2 X9 i+ HThe 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 |. E3 t6 w( T0 A: V2 c 0 S' g% b6 ?, ~# e' s3 S) yThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * l8 s" N0 r. W2 A # n9 v g) w8 {# p6 X! 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.”$ D6 b. o3 n4 }9 b! V7 j+ }
6 H1 c7 l. J6 t) `3 C, D' H. EThe 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. " z5 `0 p+ X, O6 D ( T4 g% L$ N" p' n7 H8 q8 w$ fThe 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., I& c1 ^8 H. g8 D/ |% G# O! n
