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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。 * {) k& C y% u3 [+ r. h, `# a' C- R7 |! m
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。5 L3 k) j; }$ L
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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。 1 M# C2 X2 X8 F& }- n8 w5 O" W8 C * {1 W7 E% l) i5 h
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。. L/ r1 ]3 `* N. ?
& M q6 G* h9 C: A* R$ }2 f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。 [( B$ K9 y, ^- S0 w) t6 `( G3 C) q9 I$ _7 N# ?' 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。 6 H3 K3 ~6 T5 ~* N; h( M F8 h" G( h8 ]# L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”。$ x" X: ?) d$ J- _* n8 @9 o
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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。” Q& [: A! C- F6 B& u$ v
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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。+ t3 }+ A3 l/ y$ s
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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。 & y& D' } e/ p8 L! u9 L; g 9 X: ]5 ^1 d' }0 E# u# K1 d5 X 3 u Y) D9 Q& g! J; W$ R0 V5 u, tBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : C8 K! Y3 H( c; N( |/ \
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ' C* G1 Z& S+ T3 @) j" b* Y: V! v. k
& f: S& t j( e. W. WBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 j- [- ]7 Z- L5 c8 C" C! A6 g ( a F: |5 N! [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.: W" |& P) j5 n4 W% L! E4 o
: s9 M2 o( Q. W( u& uGovernment 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. # p/ e2 S0 I \2 e' R+ u3 y: E) T/ r, |
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.' e1 W8 z* ]- `+ r( z
" n4 z9 ]1 E4 Q. q0 t G1 W( hThe 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.8 F+ P6 i: j" R0 \3 [2 o* U
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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. 7 t% J7 |$ D" K: X, P7 {+ M% C 7 ?$ n9 j/ n4 O1 x& }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.4 J4 R1 i. |6 A7 C6 I
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- E4 G4 G J$ A! w4 t% D6 S
$ E; c" ^1 M. }& G3 N5 CAn 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.”/ N6 w. ]" ~- n. e
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The 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 c) u2 c: r: a) A: `: U0 k1 @* o3 d/ X* K% o2 w
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. 5 r4 M, R" s& L* C0 n: Y2 |5 i9 i1 |% j5 Q' V
3 @4 T# L8 _; V" }) b 3 f* J' ^1 g! N" l3 gFinancial Times
