* \% x6 U, e; t3 {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。 2 L* v/ o# o% _0 v 5 h& A0 Y3 Q, Z X' k# 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。. D1 K4 Z! |# j8 v2 N x
% f; u0 d/ f$ d2 i* L! _3 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。 - ^+ ?' r" q6 c+ Y$ u) |5 P0 O' i ! P) M ^& e# [5 f9 j
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。; N4 H+ f: B& @0 E) G$ K
: V* W2 b- a6 v# n# `6 ]4 e% 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。; a- L( a- [2 ~) \
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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。- Q4 |# l3 R% Y
0 h( g F) ]1 Q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”。 * }9 V! Z5 U) p* e$ K6 ~: M4 ^; \% `5 Q. [& ^* L
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。” 1 u. g8 Z( A9 g$ z+ c 9 i9 b4 w, H; b) f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。1 Z6 c' O- Z3 w: J
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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。 ) Y2 g0 C4 S! p7 Q! a2 J5 {$ r! V! k8 U/ ]% R, q- x: x1 P
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : W1 P+ }! ? yWednesday, June 27, 2007 / s; w- \3 T% r m- F& Z; K* y w* O) N& J! C. ~5 A: p; U- \' k3 P% u8 H" ~
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 6 h- C3 |% g( w! O0 W7 I, J4 S 6 t+ n; c: _; b) r* J- UChina 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.+ U* R: K+ A6 l( @ O0 }) U6 |! D
; V) p8 m3 B6 u5 s9 z w7 uGovernment 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., W9 K% j7 W. D+ \
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7 B Z& P. o4 e, i4 H/ _' wThe 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. ( C9 L4 D1 _- @: a/ M$ c8 \ 2 x9 J% G4 L" Q! a# _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. ; n* M1 W; `: E' M: M+ h6 m- u! Q9 j: s- m3 _
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.( {) w, K$ x5 \* Q/ c$ {
- ]+ ]& k' \9 n+ uThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: @. ?5 W- [1 \2 J2 T' p4 ?
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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.”8 C* {6 X: k0 {/ E
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The 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. 1 u b* f* F6 Z" T t1 e$ J - I1 b/ X& K) ~- k8 wThe 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. 3 B0 s2 @! Y2 k8 q0 u2 g; X & N+ O" V, w) Q+ N$ D; |2 ~0 L 1 }, W( `# ~( D8 c1 i8 z! `; o1 s* g1 b- @& o H# ]0 @' A
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