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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。" ?. q& B/ y; ` L* ]
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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。+ M! n, T) q7 i$ h3 e9 Q* e
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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。 1 f' }: P& y# l q . c& [, C+ v% B2 l+ R% R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。% p* m. p- g9 q: E7 \# }
" X M. _! [7 e6 B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。 ' |; l- z5 v/ v6 k0 S0 f, Q( T) h5 `; V8 W: n* 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。 % Q4 y" V9 g% \6 B 2 d4 @/ ]5 d2 [7 ~# c- N1 b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”。 `; @, w0 O0 Y8 b! g6 g O3 w" x4 M: j
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 y z, C3 V8 T0 D, e5 y- b- @ - f% t# {6 }3 D* m/ J7 _, q7 C7 d8 \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。 , `) w# V4 T8 u2 [" z/ P$ h& ~5 X C/ u9 ^8 l
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。 ! `6 k5 C% E( X1 O+ I 6 g! _2 _7 L( K0 q$ O0 Z7 e$ f$ d7 \9 O' o6 w7 n. b6 |
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; m$ H! J* f5 Y. t
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION8 v/ ~6 y% [; o1 j1 t- Q
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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. ( Z) P2 B% g9 e: s6 d2 B, S9 j6 O" k' ?8 b G4 B' ~) ?# @
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.1 ?( ^9 X+ s4 Q }% U
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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.# s& `1 S3 z9 s8 y% A" {
4 W/ M! Q$ j" p! E( iThe 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. 4 H6 m; V- `4 k5 F$ U/ ~7 {* b" w3 ^) x
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.! l4 m5 K# _: Q9 q
7 ]% f; f( i" x! q2 X+ {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.. F3 ^. E+ D2 c( j
a. |% s3 Z/ F0 T/ R% p6 CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. W5 I8 h- @( P0 @; K: k) X
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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.” 7 G5 k9 a4 M! C+ P6 F( s- Q1 S# g% P
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., I# g) y0 {+ I1 V4 B, q; i
4 y$ o* W# P4 s; w& v) {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. / a3 ~ \9 e) Y& l5 c, X; ] / f R. z; e% b* Y. c & V# L K! H. B2 [ o* x$ R0 u! v) H3 @
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