; h w3 b/ F) Y% Z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。$ I# E3 _2 R; N; N' Q A1 p9 N8 Q
" g4 D1 l8 l$ i9 e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。 : }+ L% s& O& p. T% d- J0 Y3 L; T9 ^" g
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 r3 A2 q3 w6 C& i" m( r5 Z4 W
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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。* ]& t( _9 h/ ^
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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。) C0 y/ [ Q- v9 ~( B
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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。 7 J7 n: t, ^7 C, z8 Z# h+ H- e R ?/ g3 N" Y" x1 }' J
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”。 : m" e- \5 H; L' n8 h4 P) [5 O2 v4 A" L ] o
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。”) z# J$ e: I5 {% c U
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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。 R6 t% e3 p) h5 X5 _5 A# v h2 C( A$ Q4 _+ Z
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。' z* S# `/ D9 p/ O4 @0 o+ C% b# u
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$ V9 E0 y, [4 |0 \6 VBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) f1 q' B# s; @ @' n7 q4 _/ P6 ^
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8 d2 A. B9 H% M; L- \9 l( w
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION & K7 t* M" v, l* A7 e |% C1 B+ a% R2 b( @0 M) [; m# |5 W
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. / q' C, v- ~% |" f1 M3 X8 f! G- _* z" ?$ S; _& r2 Q9 U
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.$ ^% H1 f- S% ]5 Q
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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.8 w7 n- w5 b- [3 O3 H
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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. ) q) _& J* a- G2 L' k* c' L: T - X+ {3 y4 E' b0 jThe 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." j' W/ s- z& W% k9 @3 U
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 Z x; B' s# p
: x4 v6 }2 ^7 }8 e' G! R2 {2 nAn 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 A. j% X7 Y7 s( \. m6 q# Q8 t
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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. % s+ {4 _* o' E 7 {$ [& G2 ^* r% s3 `5 b! S: i8 |1 JThe 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.0 L7 k+ `. b x) l p' D6 z
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