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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。 # f& k) W" b/ v D1 f: Z $ ?+ }7 z0 a0 J. u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。7 t5 C2 T* t6 m
: ]6 M7 b. n- k* k0 j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: m6 S$ t& H; {; Q/ o C! O
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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。4 s7 l5 o! A! j2 c" |% x, I
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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。 8 ]- ~1 r3 O. F# P9 i( l . ^' q& j) J8 `: J, D8 c' k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。 - [! v2 I h& _% [0 f- r 8 h+ ]( R3 P" @+ m3 n5 s# v4 J1 r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”。+ l- d; Y3 Z7 ^5 ?1 I! Q9 h
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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。” 6 @. n8 y3 \4 _& d; w2 K 7 j5 K: g) z7 d) @# y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。- l; y( b( l) | T3 M$ Q
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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。 % [% S1 ?% E9 Y: e ; X6 d. o- ]& O: R3 h- f6 P! b5 M2 K$ L) h! V# K. v' I8 p$ |( W
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + r0 m3 i- {- z7 jWednesday, June 27, 2007 2 o4 q1 P& t6 c0 Y
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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. # [3 @+ M2 v5 s4 s ; ?' p. r" z& @* t9 [, kGovernment 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 x% @9 E8 a, }* D0 `
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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.3 S5 v, H+ q8 o; d( k' }& R! Q& {
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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. 3 W3 \" g5 o0 J4 ?% j3 \4 M! ^+ [" `
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. * K; R) x! \ n: \ % x% e% Q% J. D( WThe 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.3 X# {* N3 q6 J/ i7 H3 Z
2 y w5 Q3 U1 [9 dThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 1 k3 u3 E4 X- N) G; j- u. q( e8 k 1 V2 d. c1 R' Y$ B7 b! nAn 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.” ' q' T6 a; a9 b4 m / n0 y6 |5 h0 t' e" a' n$ YThe 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.! V& @; l: \. B+ N, z" C: f, w
& {, `" a, F$ ~ A9 }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. / F, ?8 ^; L' I$ l1 B; ~% i ! { W, I, {7 z2 c2 B" { 6 `6 B F# L T! g ' s2 C! K+ s3 N4 YFinancial Times
