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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。 # v, A5 Q- o8 @; f( e8 C! O5 X+ d# o2 B E# a/ d. K 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。# k8 V2 {' u( z" D$ V7 v
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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。 ! Q% r2 i6 e3 ]0 \6 z+ P2 H7 S / m }' I' r+ b" n/ z9 N; ?& Q( g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。 ) x$ B7 w' S2 A& i " t) i; d3 P! ~% `" e6 b! [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。 , _, R( X! v6 y$ Q3 \: l. F; r9 K8 k$ I+ I- e" M+ b* Y3 H
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 ?$ q& I9 O- @; L$ P, U- n0 F& o* s E+ p( g+ z( h0 M
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”。 # h! `5 U, ]5 x $ q' O0 d8 v6 Z3 I' Y/ I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。” - G: k% i1 R) t/ D2 W# t% z9 D& m. W# x/ V3 v3 j! M
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。4 c4 O3 J# F8 W0 |% O' d& \2 V) A6 d5 Z
5 w8 U- k# q+ i" ^' T, }0 V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。 ! R0 b( S, Y$ k" k7 h) X( F/ s0 y: S G M7 z& G: N. b0 e
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - ^* @: n4 u1 w$ x5 [5 gWednesday, June 27, 2007 9 T% w8 p; C/ x( ]1 p + P8 k! _0 P" v4 s1 r, d+ P" i8 i& d2 {
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 ]0 R: m4 n- \1 I. ^ L
. Q- c# A$ k# [& m; X- Z% K2 n7 a) AChina 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. / L) W& s' e3 K) _ # { ]' Z- @6 o# qGovernment 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.9 N: D, m; ~$ ]6 w l" [
; ?3 Q6 W" V4 j' y/ {4 E- K/ yComing 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 I; m$ I/ ]/ G5 c
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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.2 M$ P4 Z" E) \ U$ X- | ^. w
6 ^0 ?* h( D* w$ zChina'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.% \0 w0 ~- ~( e0 w# D9 h
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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.1 q3 p7 S% V8 q1 k+ M! V
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: u* [/ y% T, b i x8 j
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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.” ' P. j* m) h% ~& o $ U( c$ {& `& _2 _& K+ }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. : i# C! W8 L+ l; U! v5 E6 u: x6 u6 M : @+ n6 M0 }. tThe 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.& }# |6 r. l6 t8 P; f
