, t4 @8 K: I, f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。 : N; _- D0 f# D. D ^( G7 b$ I5 W 3 x% R! C C# ^, t, q( t; R& x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。 / T: K* w/ p+ s4 ~ 0 E% R. I2 h: Q: m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。 0 o2 P* L* X1 ^+ m4 N/ K+ _4 N % r" j- M4 P7 y( Z0 R$ G- y4 s
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。, g0 _; Z( N! T- }1 l
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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。7 K, V1 L9 x3 s9 d4 j/ e. _
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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。 / a& t, I9 K ~/ k! V& y* U! ]' I! b; T
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”。! G. v/ O9 b* k X/ ~1 l
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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。”; w- m) r' \' e
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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。5 G+ u! T- ^; a7 m8 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。 ' D9 f# B a0 B ) o, ^: ?! Z# Q* r! |& X; o- Q: h& `& p3 E8 O6 `9 Q& e
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # y- C4 Y& A! ^Wednesday, June 27, 2007 % _9 y+ ?1 Z7 f' H% x+ {0 m5 x) \* ^0 o2 V
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 h* E+ f: ?1 e0 a5 f% A 5 }" ~ u$ z7 I" R \) c8 `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. ' @) z- O' l3 B R) p. H% o0 x : E- X- F0 V2 _9 M$ f, u G: IGovernment 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.: {* [- T2 ]9 \% }0 w
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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. 2 ^4 O0 T( [ A3 J" A, k; Q% ` / a N# u+ B" D% N0 {- B9 }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. 6 e) L8 T3 N( V$ v# I: w3 G2 }3 [6 W! `2 @5 k7 |
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 R4 W( |$ j" ~5 J4 U
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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.”* s: ~9 C* O0 Q' L' m
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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. 5 k. O+ g2 k/ r7 r# ] 8 V- X' R$ I4 Z k& x" S: @, N1 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.2 I ?$ I% A' h
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