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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。 `" n7 d/ L H0 }2 h, R2 q8 r( ~! k & A8 ]: y2 v* S8 e0 @) p- m% f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。) M0 S4 B W! W8 m6 j5 |) c/ Q* t
% x1 j+ J2 k. o8 [8 z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 c# G0 r. o b/ f$ @9 l
4 U4 o1 v! P9 \. L7 _: Y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。, b9 E, o' J$ R5 O. I+ B
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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。) w% V1 r x# }) @5 C) M! G. c
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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。" D2 n3 I% t- ^0 ?$ l- p
) [7 x/ O# v3 A1 i) n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。” 3 r4 A+ B, t3 Y Q: ` - a' N' K) C# B& | N: {! I ^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。3 M7 }+ Y2 y) q4 b- S3 m
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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。! p& r+ W. i+ h; y0 u8 @) Z$ f
% p4 M: P: h- A4 X 5 o7 k2 C2 G4 @( ?/ @+ d% X1 C2 PBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 I2 X: A& j. Q& Q+ H dWednesday, June 27, 2007 / V/ g+ o# f4 |/ j f* t' b* c: M% W
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION! |) P/ [5 x9 e2 c% l
0 y$ @5 }# c3 [8 t4 o: RChina 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.5 @. P2 V4 l% C& e. j) i7 Z
0 i" X, {. }7 ]2 w* T7 |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.( }3 ?1 D0 p6 T5 f1 ?/ M$ ?% L
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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.' Q2 L1 I2 k$ A+ v( q
/ S% A8 T$ C$ G$ g8 R7 gThe 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. ! B3 w l; M# I) c3 c ) t$ R' c3 _& x$ q" \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. 7 G) ^+ B. Z; [ ^9 k9 t4 A0 A. Q/ H* [/ B
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. ' Z: Q$ e' e' e6 w5 ~3 S* q, j$ ^' x- h) x% | u2 V0 d% Y
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 M0 ^' z$ h7 O. Q7 X8 ^# @! g 4 ^5 T0 d. ^ E' t. { ^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.”1 c7 Y0 `! t# b! H. \( Q1 M1 V6 }
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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.4 t2 r. }% Y% n! {4 ]
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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. $ h' ^7 ~7 _( U, A+ t; N) e7 q) W1 t! H7 R. M" J. q
! X9 S. i+ y* A1 x6 E + I- C7 Q/ [# ]* z; y% qFinancial Times
