J% f) e- y% e$ {9 j5 |0 a0 P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。 9 |1 o' p% R a3 d" P: C1 j9 v 9 K6 T* F/ [# }% w+ p4 U" M9 C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。 ' @/ k, ]5 y% p, I) p- n+ E: G3 m. s( N P" t1 K' h/ |9 T7 ?$ y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。 + w! r, {0 ?+ O0 D4 `; f + p% T; e8 i( C( h j6 U6 p
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。. s! c% H% a/ S* a5 I, N* a
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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。 : n9 k) c6 A. @& O* |+ W 2 b0 M7 T3 `5 H! Y# O) v: e7 D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。 # p' F0 j+ C( [% s! @ & u7 x1 V s4 b& e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”。 ) o! y8 E5 a: ~. o# r" @" Y# F Q! T, 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。” 1 T% p. I+ P& N' l/ S& p/ L$ @( t" O5 d
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。6 `2 v1 r; M5 C9 H$ K2 H8 W ^( M
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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。 # t- i' V2 o1 A7 E( Y1 @ : I$ D F$ x, q% Z: J3 v; r3 s 1 m" r, X+ H% P: H4 X& D! w5 OBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / b5 Y3 O$ |: _& AWednesday, June 27, 2007 , @4 Y8 M' k; q) g4 K ( {& X/ W& ]7 {: H" `6 N% B' e1 M4 _7 o9 L( D1 S
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 Q# b7 I5 Z% [
2 w1 \4 |) V- S, [0 j3 {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.8 ^; u* z- g! C% H
* m6 W2 q1 X1 o+ SGovernment 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.4 a5 [4 a; L7 ?$ q' I
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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.+ I. o+ Y4 U- V, Q9 \0 N. T
6 b% R8 r: O, [* f8 tThe 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.) _. e/ c9 _) o! I6 k8 w
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+ _- O6 v: a2 t+ }" q% ?- ^The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + p! g# u& D7 ~# @7 R$ s" P- ^) V $ y3 H" p0 q6 [' Q8 kAn 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.”' X: l- {$ a7 o% R0 ~
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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.- d. L" W5 H* B6 b7 [+ s9 M/ a
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