. g0 b4 ?: F, a5 p V( n' A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。 8 v; q9 f) P' f9 R8 ?5 p# b0 Z' f " g4 o. C/ k& T& Q. C& I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。 ( K$ F+ v5 X; r8 s 4 o1 u* e% f- }2 z; i# P4 h2 P5 y
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。 3 b) t/ J! y/ `6 z: d: s K 7 Q* p% j& b( D* \& 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。 v# ]$ R$ K3 R# X$ A 9 p8 }: c% B! H2 `- j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。 0 X% G$ y5 W8 g c 5 h0 X0 K! z1 t2 H$ E& a, H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”。 1 K+ i9 i" O5 c5 M" U 6 f* P/ V% f3 p9 R" S8 N% e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。” # z* r9 i6 p2 E6 z ' Y8 w$ y/ i& _" S0 @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。( q$ @- X! h$ \0 A8 t9 w
% u w9 S. _% l- u# V/ j; w& t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。 ( [# q8 S7 N( ^! P* G% B; V' O3 Z# Y: m; g7 w* D! Q+ H }
! R1 N" S$ C8 J% E/ u7 KBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ D: E3 a2 i/ w
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% n. d& i. f. w! ^( _
' B) t$ r$ W- P* O" l. n1 hChina 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. 0 a0 Z, V3 [: D. R6 w& j+ |* Y. h' ~3 {4 p" X% L' `" {
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. * c* G; I* @) F6 b' }1 n% C' ?3 m. c0 h. B E$ E
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. % O* C* _3 c q9 e l" Y , Q7 B% q% d7 T* D8 W3 i* N7 cThe 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. 0 r1 S _2 P$ f/ C9 ?, ? ( Q' E, b/ J, vChina'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. * K9 P3 e5 Y; S0 m) {$ t5 _ ^- z) Y, h
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.. D: U, K- [1 i! Z
+ v/ ~8 |# |5 e8 ?) v! @/ X( b& sThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . y. b) J) f ~! ^' w8 E1 }/ z$ u! z' G7 X9 T
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.”& W2 ?% N, \: w
6 o# J/ q$ A0 `- VThe 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. 0 m6 {, {' k5 o5 d3 J, K - v$ k6 x( {" h# ^% jThe 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.8 F. d1 Z: J( K8 Q9 D
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