+ ]# x2 w) F. A! V; w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。 + p; U6 J+ x, w' H ; F0 V0 f, s& @ J9 w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。 ) A5 _9 {* d2 B6 b* \ A 7 M+ w7 D' W) O" J4 r/ |" g2 e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 a* ]+ Y/ I* f' N \5 u) O 2 u& g4 U$ s9 T1 n5 }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。) A1 f+ \- P" ?/ M% F9 ~
* b. T8 f" E2 [9 b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。 8 }/ Y `8 O1 A0 J; L: I& ?2 C% [. v4 _4 l$ u/ S8 {9 U- @
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”。 + X+ A6 c" G. F% V. }5 C- e5 O% u0 `0 c' S2 h
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。”# a! J2 p5 v5 q, N* y
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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。 / F/ J3 u# D. \# m / x4 M6 o6 q+ A) |3 h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。 ' j" s! o3 [9 q# o+ Y! X' n7 X1 X: g# A
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( U2 C9 b6 r- N6 q# B, e6 p
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION! K, A( q! `9 j1 c+ n/ S" w# ?
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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. 7 q4 c' x5 D/ E+ ^4 _- @) w 0 a! n' m v! q' W: k* t% xGovernment 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. " k9 A8 V1 @& W* v; `6 i+ E& n6 S 0 L1 a5 o: g1 h+ RComing 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. ; E& R. P0 g# w0 G" L W( t1 j( G# r
The 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. - u8 C* x3 i$ b" \7 v8 b+ B& B' k( {$ U* @6 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. ! ]) X4 c6 ~- m5 N( v 3 {$ \7 @; W5 R! @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.4 L9 d- q& k2 k4 X
$ \! m& e3 N4 m+ p" M L8 T3 rThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ) y# c3 b6 Q$ J1 L5 E8 J/ Y" b + H0 P/ I; f& Y9 y' L/ Z2 c3 _, CAn 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.” d) g% S8 z+ I4 h9 G
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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.+ `& {% p$ i4 Z
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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. ; x+ t3 Z% k) Z6 j 6 e7 ~1 J9 \ B5 ]5 Q0 o7 P: N# e & o* C9 k% s: c7 l1 x, _1 R * n4 @! q5 n& s B3 o, qFinancial Times
