; O/ T1 N8 \1 W8 |, R- e4 r' |. @- ]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 E7 g# _3 f u3 N. E7 I! V6 J0 w& b9 t* x; j8 l* P
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。 / O1 C) z$ R7 b7 e: ? ! j4 U1 L5 D# o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。% ~- y/ \+ C( l) H! E8 w( _+ E' F, w9 k
: C% p7 @6 j" G( V4 E2 N6 r7 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。: |6 ^6 V" N+ m" _2 Y. t
T, ~( H5 {) m, o$ i% g3 z6 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。 L- p- [' p) H4 J, X: R* X- P, h5 A* K2 g% ~4 r# a8 Q
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。4 r0 y. l( F' j
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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”。 I7 h. _$ `- r( V8 `# g7 u
/ \; u% Y+ U) W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。” , v3 I7 I& T4 h / G9 M2 r9 h/ U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 d. Q) ]( y: ]# k' O4 b, I5 h+ j/ G4 q4 I4 K, o+ L3 V! N1 h
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。# n0 ]; {5 Z) R+ P a# Q; S
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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.! ~9 G3 }8 c3 D+ F
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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. $ k$ ^" b0 u6 e* k' X- u6 ` 6 e3 K6 X @( V. ?7 ?! w% e; c) nComing 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.; L' u) Y8 d3 I6 b
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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.4 e' z5 q6 e' S3 E
0 F( s/ \) K. E9 I0 W+ mChina'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. 5 |4 i6 S8 O3 k- _: N7 B7 { n0 v/ L I/ s& n# U" lThe 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. o w5 h5 R2 C& p. s" H* N
$ V* M$ U+ U ^ U& zThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. # |3 {- F, h0 w% m6 B; y% b4 p3 G+ H% v3 F v
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.” 8 }, ]5 R- G& M/ C0 \" R2 c5 Y " B+ B6 O. Y- R3 L* UThe 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 ~5 U% }% ^ D& Z M) N. f, J6 r
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 T" s9 [ Z0 `" D
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/ y* `% q. B% X ! D4 n9 k5 r( k" A7 W. dFinancial Times
