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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。$ d) ]% H+ E4 f b* I
7 T6 @! b7 y: b S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。, @8 f. ~+ V# X, x$ }+ p% U
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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。 # Z+ }0 g6 q% Z, w Y4 o P9 U3 D7 c; i, G, J0 f& `2 N
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。; L: r4 P$ r6 u# s
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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。 9 D) T/ f' W& P5 l 6 i! L0 R) Y3 I! N1 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。 0 v J2 i, { n5 B: Z4 y3 f8 i7 d" w
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”。; t; B" R2 q" w% b
5 J' e9 J) B+ |" P% G; C- k7 |# L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。” $ c, k4 P j9 y" Y$ R 6 P9 Z; H) \; @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。 " p' V) \. V# l5 u" D6 N4 w5 | + q1 B0 U1 O1 t) f% u* J+ g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。( ?) s( x! Y; o p& ?3 {
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 `6 S: J" R t- G0 l3 H/ W cWednesday, June 27, 2007 / W% H+ R+ I! E0 J9 c$ E7 N' {5 M# H2 T- N& M( H4 U! h
7 u l3 {. k8 P- |BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION9 K) o' E; f* [ P
1 x: Z' ]% W9 I) i4 j& iChina 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 b0 E7 K) n3 `. k2 Z 6 ]* Y; o% R) d5 f) U0 l" eGovernment 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.% O3 H& Y' T! x c) P X+ Q
5 a+ t( A7 q: R: s9 E0 e# dComing 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.% U$ W: \( K* N/ m/ T0 i
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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. , d4 m: O5 n9 N! v) ^) l , e2 c& U, s, D' O* R4 kChina'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.' p7 K% }0 t3 l* p& s% L' O$ r$ L
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The 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. 4 E2 t' `) K+ F0 \+ L5 t& j# ?. }' y$ G# @
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. - e- M, U4 N, C* t& p6 p 7 X, O+ S9 u+ O6 {8 V$ FAn 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.” / L% e0 }( I* j/ h( j7 m& M2 ]. _9 S+ N5 M( h1 p; Q L, l4 ]
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. " c* D' [8 c2 m1 m3 w & f( ?" h) S. L+ YThe 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. 4 `3 l% l, j2 h% R1 b( O5 J ) W1 V4 W0 N- o% S- M* o! |1 i, v1 e) ?& H# I3 y
