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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。 ' \7 v: ^% R6 c* m * j" C% W" O# b6 n. M- c) @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。4 a+ P. `+ J: J+ I; _2 {
0 R. J) O" m4 K6 a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。% S4 ^' S( a* G4 X; j
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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。 2 l- Z, ?' f" k. }5 J * V: z7 \( h( k3 D9 k9 K9 ^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。& a+ M- K- Q. Q" S& }+ m2 k
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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。: i* ?: e$ S% P' S% Y1 s' x
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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”。 ) J& w7 o: U: x& z* U5 c ! |# Y/ W ]2 M+ J0 g: {6 J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。”) S' h: |, p( X! V
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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。 , ^9 B! w7 ~' G' K: ?3 U. U5 s9 J ( I2 V* ]6 [# `7 q' k3 u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。2 J# V' G* r8 \7 _' w5 R- E
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3 r4 V4 V5 U) I& R$ n# [By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ( H0 ]: c8 s) y" E7 O+ {5 ]8 m) rWednesday, June 27, 2007 & s3 B9 g3 y& [9 Q; V
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; A) \+ ^9 h" W% Q% M9 Y8 W( {/ N1 n
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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., ^# \* o Q5 U" I) h4 S& V% z: k/ G
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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.1 I' `6 c. \" H+ ]- H2 r P9 T
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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., I$ e& J, w* S/ l6 V" p
i* X, X3 B v; 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.8 S$ C* T) z7 V
3 Z1 a1 C5 e sChina'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. ) g7 }3 n+ x" C" _3 D) a ! y" p/ w( ?: l2 D, S" l1 TThe 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.- h* Z/ N5 B4 F, M! q8 z
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 W5 P6 N" D8 h* Z
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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.” " w. F( o' N9 G, q/ ]9 W( x5 p 6 Z1 A! ^7 \0 a- t/ O% rThe 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. ) N6 S" K, _+ W+ O! q; i : e8 |8 o0 [4 G" A5 Q; @9 Z! }( d2 G$ 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./ H3 G5 b. [* P
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