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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 D" e2 i9 a+ M' R5 u% [1 _$ p$ M. n' ^! @7 O
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。( L/ O. |3 T7 [& P( i7 c
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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。 ( _0 j! X2 F6 a u7 y" w2 @+ i) P / v7 K$ @. m2 d7 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。 & B$ m( a' }# m4 I& d# r' t( e' l8 Q' X- j% F; ~( d I
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。0 K2 k3 e( p$ f7 @# L% n
/ j9 p& R1 J P/ l- [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。 ; q9 i9 A' U: h0 `* Z6 N - u2 G9 {- z/ r9 r+ v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. I5 x7 q2 k# R( L- R- d) W# m
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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。” 5 T; W( B2 [3 O# I5 {) I+ X7 } : y4 q6 j& K3 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。 & X- _) b7 P4 E- u' A) V . |3 m; x9 h @' i& d3 V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。% s+ ~* x0 g* R1 m3 z
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + O/ W' H' ?- j+ j0 p3 tWednesday, June 27, 2007 ! l3 O! W5 j# Y7 K! H 2 e* w! }6 h, d; I! ?% i% X3 [6 }+ D( p3 E5 f$ x- Z
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + H b/ b/ p8 K/ _! `0 T& z! {# |( Y( F
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.3 _# K9 |! G9 k; F9 z
# f# Y& h1 l5 iGovernment 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. 6 k8 `- i$ t% @4 e! A& {* G, w9 B. n9 S
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. 4 m. _) ^6 e6 z, ? ' `# G/ U' B$ Q1 a0 x0 ?2 k! @3 QThe 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. ( j" m" D% Y! y7 A) C$ d' _3 s5 q; M' Y5 g6 p5 n, a Z7 z3 D3 J
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 U3 G2 V/ f" Q3 A7 w. L% Q* X 6 R, @1 f! v a1 jThe 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., x! s# y2 `$ _/ u3 _
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ; R0 l/ M9 w7 }( W8 J# M ( c7 |0 z5 h: Q/ T9 b: s( iAn 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.” $ K* g/ e3 M% H* } # Z6 P) F5 q' t1 u; {; Y- 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./ P* Y+ t! }4 y' s6 O- }
+ b6 R+ ?3 M* [3 w# Q" dThe 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.7 ~3 [2 y0 M% L" G7 r/ d, w
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