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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。 " j9 T' m, U6 r$ K, Y* V7 M" d2 L ( q3 n0 P# o4 j, Y b' m' E- r% |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。 8 D6 K# J, R8 W ( o3 _5 s. T; B9 a: \% J
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。 9 t; a9 Q' F& B 8 g3 s+ ]8 |: O2 R6 Z+ ~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。 + ?3 P# w/ o: p3 M- h2 W T% b* u2 H' }( N$ ]
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。 6 x2 m$ p0 l1 `* B 5 t$ ?! c- q, m; d# U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”。% r" p2 \. y* b
4 L8 U4 A) t" I) R) j1 V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。”. r! \/ J$ P' k7 e, O
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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。 + ?1 {! x9 M G8 J 6 U* G% p9 _" K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。 & g# s/ @* F& A" [* c, _: i" _1 i5 ~4 b$ U' b( X5 U, C
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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.; j& E& ]* _% ]
* P1 \$ e O7 f- X0 _& n& F. bGovernment 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. # V/ H2 p: N3 p * }* [4 \, a! i& N5 QComing 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. * ]1 i/ T) e! N3 Q9 V- m" v* g/ N, k& T
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. : n$ `! w7 M& g+ F' X, g8 @! M$ `5 h% @2 w 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.3 s: X M4 l2 M& J/ G, P2 w
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.5 a) B. A* z& s2 F
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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.” # t! g- [ F- R% Y3 x 2 g* Q! z9 t3 u" [! _6 `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.3 ?# ?1 N/ f) k8 v- U, a6 [1 R
k9 i% X# Z! _% Z `' o, }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.4 |5 m3 }% X9 A
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