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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。 ' o& s, ], l. z0 S* e8 ^. U 4 T, S: Q* s$ d( ?# l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。" G% u* k. b6 {1 u' a
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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。7 P$ p! ~$ v3 H; n7 q3 T
% l4 D% V9 I1 K) N& 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。5 x* u, z- o5 ^: q* k. g
$ @6 `. A F1 K3 F; a* ^8 z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。' R' v( G4 D/ v5 v
) |" K% ]) O8 G- R' |$ H- 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。1 U4 e% `( f. a! r: h
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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”。 + z# Y j* ^4 f3 I, P 0 p& w/ m# g' T% d9 U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。” ) H/ w, p* n& a4 A/ X4 p5 p* g: ?+ @% O8 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。 ; [2 g5 x+ s* I* \! L 0 s- Q/ o! s% I; Z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。 : v+ v5 N8 k; V7 l8 Y2 @3 Z& H ! e+ J/ R" Q4 u, t* ~" r O: B& J" T$ u) I5 ~
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 w' y9 H- M- I% yWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 [* u) Y* _5 J- k0 W 3 a7 s, y: X) d( _; f& ]1 U8 H' }$ m; Z5 q2 r0 D3 }
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * X$ g F+ C4 |: S$ v' ` 0 ?1 o* k% S, E9 Y0 c: }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 @3 s! _+ N" O4 k* \
' ]0 p, d9 E+ S: B( @7 CGovernment 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.* U+ y" E, I' C2 i& T
- N2 J8 N- }, j$ H, T6 fComing 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. 9 w9 w: z& G% b ) z+ z, \0 y. c9 k. kThe 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. - ?! `) K: M6 j- S ) }4 g+ T7 A) FChina'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. $ o, l! a$ z$ J' q8 x( m) C1 t # G5 v7 O$ F$ z5 b/ m1 p/ p4 S; s' RThe 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. 9 g) I4 X$ w" b, K# l! L) N# i3 x; o # y* J' v7 V8 I5 I& sThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. , @ L- z/ R- v2 r # E2 ^5 F0 S# ~" w7 d, b( a4 \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.”' P. e, G+ X9 M% r/ Q: @7 B
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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.2 ]5 c% Q9 p' y. F. W
+ k* z7 K; S2 b' 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.% Q7 W% J9 c5 U$ k
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