. G; j3 D6 \) n; t* D7 X1 U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。 . D x& t1 A( C( y+ k8 {% s2 [: [- t
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。 ( c! u0 z$ j0 t/ @6 v3 z& F : E: I9 h: k* K8 C3 O& k. L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。0 S4 F+ u: t* i9 I l
9 R, U5 h# S* R" g; Q* 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。 u: m# f; y" L5 ~1 N
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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。/ R+ n) J! B1 k
n3 V+ h' q6 m. ?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。, C, C" S! E# V4 a9 @5 h) o
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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”。' t% n0 x" |/ U& u* N& Z
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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。” - O1 i/ j4 t" P" p& S7 ^6 ]' y E6 Y& \9 b8 F) {5 F
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。1 u9 h, p0 f! b
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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。# O; N5 ?4 H/ c* S9 Y( h
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& o5 W7 x" ?" B4 g/ s/ A- GBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 c6 |1 k, e$ J7 m, P, OWednesday, June 27, 2007 & p' o5 P ?1 w9 K- E - c& M3 P _5 `# D7 Z) E1 m : K! @" w1 i/ \' b) L' Q- D9 |8 j- tBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION - W' ^ M7 j$ i0 N7 c. F) I4 L2 j) l* K# w6 L1 u
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. : {" T4 n: o+ B' V3 N2 @) E& O+ n R4 n$ h! A$ c2 ]
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.3 ^8 V( S: C3 K' N; A/ V# M& K
& ~% `3 p+ d1 _' xComing 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. 8 j# k& m6 z, V$ u% {5 K2 j4 U9 j9 l& r4 C5 S
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. # T# s4 D% N- s3 X ' m0 b3 Y" }# h4 rChina'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.. @6 W4 y, J K. t, b% t
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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.- y: T1 r/ l; X7 M6 C4 s
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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.”! h: |! G; Y& X7 Y
! W g8 d; U* Y% p+ l, v! l: j( oThe 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 P' g& X6 Q K0 |
4 p, `% Q2 F f( P8 WThe 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." N" z/ Y: h% M' x) y
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