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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。5 d& T6 R$ T% U5 n3 d
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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。" E* f* y; C% O2 K
, \2 A& e; B% l! ~3 ?" n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。- u- `0 I" u0 j" W F M6 J
3 }3 }5 W0 v3 `% c: 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。 % J" s g# g1 k4 P * c# F( B: O( h! H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。 + x i) S6 L6 c/ s) u5 `/ n- H8 d4 j0 }# b% _& B
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。 2 `% r! T& M+ D1 z: I, V # r6 [+ U Z, q; w( d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 a, L7 r+ o9 X8 _, u7 ~0 ]! {! c9 p2 S" {! ]# ?8 v* ?' Y7 H* | @
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。” , h; H4 U5 M; @' |; u8 i) W" \* s' {
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 t# w( A% Z, o: s( e: ?7 i: S; I$ d" ?) z2 I: ]8 A
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。5 \# a+ Z T/ T! r5 N
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8 \7 _& `, Q) F' D8 H( WBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' r5 V9 Y8 Y9 k' GWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 P7 Q# z( t- a% b! F
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / F. L, V3 `5 A! N ; U, r$ T1 u9 m, n, E lChina 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.$ T" b, s! }- x3 Y+ u
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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. 8 ]1 X2 @6 D" C l5 T; v : M( P6 N* W* F ^. c( _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. - {4 o1 o2 m0 | `- M' ~$ v9 D) V$ P0 {9 E+ Z, r8 DThe 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. # a0 f6 y9 o9 q8 O; B" W# B 5 u! V% n3 } O' S# uChina'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.# l0 C, X, p' {- ^ t% x; j- \
6 s5 j7 [. ~/ T+ PThe 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. $ t& F* }: s" |8 C' S, v* H' i9 M2 g7 z3 c' c
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. & K% s( ]/ ?7 Q& d: u7 q) F% i! V5 b0 B8 E" t
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/ T( r, ?8 _( Q) d 2 _5 A9 q# o' t4 s; S" g' o+ 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.: K* I W& c! s) l- d6 x( K
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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. ' i8 I! f* x9 H5 `9 e% @ 8 \5 H; C+ D$ d 8 P5 u2 ]6 ?% a1 V7 v1 w* ~0 R, r) q+ T) z$ e' V4 h1 F/ W
Financial Times
