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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。 9 b1 U6 ~3 n6 I4 Z # l, u' A4 ~4 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。 1 O/ C D; Y6 h ! Q: A5 ?% v- t8 W, o( a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( N& B0 s3 C* ]/ w
2 z7 ^" E$ t5 ?: ^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。( V1 n, Y9 B) R; L$ b" S# d
% n, R$ ?, Z: 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。" A1 b M7 v5 p+ ]* q$ c& `" ~4 k
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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。 & [* t$ C5 x5 j( a3 b- ]0 ` 4 i4 v3 b! a/ |/ {+ @) L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”。* c, a3 u$ I( t3 e6 S5 J
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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。”" @+ T2 D! b$ J' w1 c0 F+ t+ R
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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。' Z! @$ l0 a# P ]; ]4 B
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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。 9 E9 |, ^+ X7 F5 [6 ~( {; G J5 p: |9 D- s6 Y
( r; m1 N1 Z8 G3 I+ l2 z+ ]By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 |9 g( ~% r; m" l( S! YWednesday, June 27, 2007 ; k* v: e5 x( I2 G; O/ J 7 N2 c% ?5 R/ S* b. _& S7 b$ F4 a/ Q$ v 5 X) r( A# t0 O A' |1 o7 YBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 O- W$ c/ Q. X
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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. 5 a; _3 D; Z2 W. C6 |1 a w 8 j; e" I, `7 M9 dGovernment 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. % W; e/ V3 N& `8 l U 1 N$ b# ]3 B- GComing 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. 6 U9 U) J6 c% G% w2 R* N) z7 ~* ] X6 E/ D
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.* P4 `7 f4 \% C9 j' B& t
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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. 4 s0 c1 X7 L' Z, D6 ~. | 2 s s& H# d! ~0 e3 p: h0 WThe 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. 2 ^) w( @0 F/ f/ L3 c! v! v! n3 m
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / K! A; B1 n7 V( U6 c1 ] . {5 @ D4 u3 }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.”% P2 M% l x1 v c
6 b2 g! ^0 G: U- OThe 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. C% l+ G" d* G6 {
6 @/ N- b! U! p9 ~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. a& M2 O, q/ _7 U" m: Z: |
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