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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。 ; a, [" F0 f# n, G; z: t/ R( {& L1 O* 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。. B2 q1 H& ]. _- v6 ~" d4 k! ~" I
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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。9 u( \7 E! h" G4 O! G
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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。 - [( V$ j# D& \$ E: E `2 \& X0 m- B0 {2 P z0 j' D: x
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。6 C/ R( t) p9 n; k
& s; [0 t m+ A2 c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。. e3 L! r3 @) C9 u
4 y% H, d/ r7 m& Q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”。 Y* a9 E( \+ E' p0 |" D& d% n. Y6 _2 E* k. [0 ~1 u
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。” " p8 }& b4 r* l: {0 J* n( \- k; R+ J0 m9 @- d9 l5 m7 Z
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。7 H. M$ U3 v& |5 _) ^
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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。 9 w, d; A) g1 O& W b; [5 N5 }, H7 A: s5 u: f: c
5 |2 [5 e* J5 l- o# m; KBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & _$ x& B6 q$ u9 c2 ?+ D# H' ]
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 Q! g" ?) j' y4 H1 O2 _
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION L/ C0 \- K" b( Q
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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./ k" a; r# a9 m+ i
7 w- J1 S; x* K1 D1 [2 O v( |; 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.' W; m2 ^9 \- O
0 }' b7 J# Y; A4 {' gComing 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. 7 `" ^. R# }. w0 ?: b: m8 G! ]5 n/ w: b& [
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. ) X% \/ {; u E0 _2 K ! Q* _- a. W: V: x+ ?) {& D @0 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.0 m1 w% G+ u$ ?9 L4 U
0 M( K" S. `8 y3 j. w5 l: [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.7 I) j3 `7 p+ t& X8 P+ X
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( A6 N' e% j* [ R/ z) w& V& d3 g) p0 u! ?) s/ N6 A# G( R0 q
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.” 9 [7 u2 {% Z S6 j5 B$ a, G9 a / `6 ^' a2 N) S9 F& fThe 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.# ]5 \/ f' n, V/ a4 f4 @
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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. + p5 C( L/ L: f6 H1 p- Q3 o% e% S, `1 |. Q |
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