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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。. Z. p; i6 K' m2 S- l
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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。 2 i, t6 y- X4 P: T4 D1 X/ h: a$ j8 ?7 w9 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。 6 J4 w; H: {; B/ Y7 p( S/ @/ u 3 n7 M, n# _$ o: d2 a: k, M
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。$ K: Z8 M% u. \$ ~5 L
: @, j4 E, j/ J' |) ]' Q4 u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。 / ^* i3 j/ D$ R s0 k. b 6 N) p7 Z$ @% P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 u _: N2 D' {/ V# R7 j1 T. b7 {: u: L2 ^
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”。 ! Z) r6 [4 ?# ^* D ; c9 V$ k- E+ }1 x6 {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。” n. e! z {5 `, t- i' ^2 s4 ]
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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。 ( b+ U8 U! g3 P+ c 2 R' ?' @/ o; }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。& ]$ W) c6 O& a: @
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , G& K/ S, k* ~; M u" o, V4 N% [3 f1 @& Y. }7 F1 ?1 |0 ]$ p
8 g) j1 |2 H" Y5 x7 k; m" @BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 5 M4 U. ^' ~. A ! t& \. E6 f8 UChina 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. & U8 q6 o ]- `, l/ l# X1 s3 _" @& l. }% ]& I
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. Y& X* C; r1 E) i- b" l " O" u' f# h3 b, IComing 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. ( N, P+ c8 s2 P7 }1 f( Z& t) [7 Y' O
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.1 z! J: t+ s% K* |2 O Z& R
/ v F+ |9 s: u3 R0 J% ^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. ' S9 O6 x2 z- Y , A! D* S3 M& q8 E {( nThe 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.: u d; w6 P+ {5 I8 U; ]9 p; K
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. " H7 F( X9 J* s2 V, A' v( J$ z1 a1 }/ s3 ^& B
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.” 3 m& i- z4 |2 o* W! \+ k; p; v% L2 y% H* ]
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. / U; g/ N1 ~7 [: N5 B3 E4 {% ^) m, }6 P& d8 q8 U
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. 7 d# M) t/ T# ~" T . n4 _7 r/ \! }: i _7 [ & K3 d/ \8 r* H" T1 B+ m0 \4 h; i2 m/ @7 y' k. o3 }" M: L: n
Financial Times
