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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 T2 }; i J+ q( N& i) w
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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。 , z: y- X- W2 B 4 Z O/ q% E1 I- I% r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 ]+ r6 {) X h # I! I: f7 {3 _: A3 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。 r; K- R- F1 A2 }% p
9 H1 V* X# W4 t1 V5 `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。- @% z5 L0 Q( d6 j8 o6 K8 ?$ g$ T
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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。 % Y" C1 S4 {5 R5 \& A # q; Q: G. ]7 V* E, a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”。* ?% P1 w& r8 ~
4 y. u. O. l* L b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。”! r+ S( Y: ^; C! R( v" S
, L* Y5 [4 V( ^7 J9 {6 c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。& D% D$ G% R; z9 u
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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。 . o" T8 t8 e4 l( e, q: ~0 D* c' W7 G: J, x2 ]
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; \ `( [5 q% ^/ XWednesday, June 27, 2007 " K6 d, |0 B' }5 ?
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- k& k. X7 f" B: Z- } U- U$ 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. 0 h1 J" G' O5 n, n. G, r: F4 Q/ c" L* g7 i1 e4 F9 C$ \* B8 w
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. . q: g# f" V& b2 g) e6 x0 M. Y8 V4 }, b) Z& W/ f0 P- `/ E
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.$ ?7 q4 ^* Z) ^6 [, ]5 K& r. J
8 b4 L) `4 v$ KThe 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. 4 T0 ~9 E! Q. D4 t- @7 Q * t) C8 t. b! tChina'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. |' Y* c$ a- ]1 ]1 @ D8 x W; O! e8 t7 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. 5 K/ U3 c/ U- N( ~) l8 \ g! ?* C$ g$ ~" L% p# ]
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: [( R M! ]# ~% X
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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.”0 P2 n2 c# W7 C+ X4 i& R" b3 E( X
4 A T; `' [' h, f( W" M$ 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. ; T. K" b1 n2 i$ p: R2 Q # l0 e7 R) o- L7 _3 o3 XThe 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. / R3 @' i2 J. {+ @1 m# J5 `1 r7 ^8 R+ }
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