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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。( [# I6 h) r6 M( W* 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。 & N! c* A) k6 h # M8 [. L! j2 J" [5 _9 M6 ^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。 4 x( v+ Z* t) T , W! @! f8 u0 c$ b. y2 L$ 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。& I a/ G( H5 D# K. [ D
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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。 s; ^3 n X, `( k1 {) X( p% j
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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。) F7 O o$ i' z# D* q
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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”。4 n4 z: R" S M2 g, y; F8 ~
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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。” 9 w+ H, v( ]9 ^, N7 b2 O2 a% S9 E- C3 C9 L
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 x4 u/ R+ q2 V7 P" b; A: u- x( n, g/ q$ {' [9 e$ ]
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。 p: I" w" i( g" I! f3 P9 g' l4 K! ?. V0 B3 j/ f% C& j9 `$ H
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - f ]5 A- Q7 \8 \4 R2 k3 HWednesday, June 27, 2007 % M# I4 d2 O/ q1 [$ k" a3 u5 |8 Y- ]( i1 u1 x9 G* I; f1 u" C8 l
; @( A( ?* ~* `, Y- YBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * M, Q) G9 _2 q. P% Y; t) |1 C" m ; ^ j# S* l& S' q* I. _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. : z5 `7 j2 L& P8 L: u l: Q/ v/ @: E9 GGovernment 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.- h2 A- m7 `( q9 X1 V
% I) Z* L+ {; H; dComing 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. : a) J0 B/ t) \& L$ P$ V& N, D( W8 B6 D- p
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: l% c7 X4 @+ Z1 E' G, l7 L' x0 V% }2 \9 M- n
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.& c% j4 p1 C. v& m3 I" n
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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. 6 w c3 o+ ]( [, ~) e" t $ g' G7 n+ Z: S4 ^- EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' l. V4 X0 K+ |% v- U* F0 X1 ]) W
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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.” 5 l8 y s3 [0 ?4 h- ^" f/ o 8 w7 L3 ]* T3 j, V- j. i; qThe 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. 7 ^) Q' u4 f$ n; X- y" k& Z, J& `
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.( s. C- t, H' u4 q8 C: [% ^* M0 M- w! A
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