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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。4 n0 W: y0 z, f* }
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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。 * F8 _" s7 G/ ^$ F/ U8 [2 I1 `% A% t Y& Z5 W' f
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。 2 a2 Y" z9 i, M4 d8 m {9 k* X0 Z( b 8 P# o6 n9 h5 K1 L5 T" d$ M. ^2 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。 ! O' m( R) n6 M8 N. @ Z3 t9 n$ S' T! J* S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。 % z9 z% f8 ^/ a6 n# W! O( @ ( ?% r" g8 e% p7 v% D0 n1 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。 m$ c) l% F0 q- `7 e% Y* t% R4 u& p# k G) d( C
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' U' z7 k* I* C5 o" |5 x
+ ]; j3 ]) F- C4 a8 Q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。” 1 A$ r1 u# @9 b9 ^0 p6 K* f' p" Y & v" l9 i0 m& f L- b( Z$ x& ~. T6 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。/ y* |% ~) U, J1 E, z3 Q) L! O" l
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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。 + r- } `8 Y! w9 N1 p- h; E) O% y
8 R9 B2 X; }+ T7 _+ C( IBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 Z' X8 V6 ]+ m2 p5 k: m
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- X y6 u4 o) X6 ^* dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION / z* M: |) T. E; Y C. e. ^- H8 Y+ n! q( X' C# G0 y
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. : M% U) a F2 u1 ^4 X8 N3 w$ S! j& p3 t
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. 6 ~6 j& u; a' {# _ L0 L6 [9 C2 }* b; q- N+ C/ z' FComing 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.% m- B* ]4 x& U- ? {5 z! y
- M+ Z+ q4 e( N f* [; ~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.- X. E8 K' r! f5 G
/ f# S% q: @0 [6 w# PChina'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. ; }$ F$ \9 q( J5 h6 y ; e7 Y5 z. F8 r3 }3 K( h& j1 R+ x( RThe 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. 2 z% Y' k! o, ? ) t0 X& W+ G; K( D! QThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.( O- b1 l+ B/ s+ h. F! c& G
( s9 P/ d' }& T" q* gAn 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.” 0 u* L# ^# } f5 ^; `2 H 3 j$ j( n- ?* c" TThe 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.# O5 v7 E4 f) Z
7 a$ ~- R$ ?" |2 Z- XThe 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. 8 b& I1 \5 b) w4 i- W1 F/ u, {& C! ?- X" r/ J
% ^, z5 r9 s8 D/ B1 Y 9 H4 a, q+ P$ X$ iFinancial Times
