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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。/ H7 K2 p8 R/ m
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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。" f, }1 V- U% M8 H/ J0 q: g2 q
6 I V6 C& W9 O- q' D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。 6 P4 C" f" _$ x . s2 T5 J3 [0 v$ A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。- [0 y. f$ M S1 k) {4 i' r0 C
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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。2 m3 J1 M3 o; B3 ^( y# B" r
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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。 0 C3 s5 s- }1 M0 _& c1 Y& k7 _, l0 L7 R( p! d
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”。" G7 c+ C( R- p7 D' [. o
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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。” 4 L# B" l' c: |2 E! f: }! i8 k, h: |) 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。 } \: s7 E+ X% z. y7 G0 E8 p
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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。 1 d8 C1 F w% |5 y4 N" |3 [# I+ ^' L' ?! h" k" @
( d0 m% B( F6 ^' M! E# _By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % I/ P! O9 v$ P& H, S/ ZWednesday, June 27, 2007 0 {# N+ ?6 f5 p9 S1 z6 O8 z C# ]# F- c# x+ e+ n T7 b
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * b' [! I1 C S7 t1 H1 u, h% }4 h7 _& M' m3 L/ V
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.* }" T: f& E" a& a: Y. O w
& |" o* z# \! G$ e9 O; y' `2 g JGovernment 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. 0 {3 e& E# r) Z9 M' e+ f: y- k P/ b' v6 w
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 R4 F" ^3 j8 K6 B' O" x2 z: k- _; ?- {; p6 A0 {
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.! v" k0 ^1 z; g& ~$ O( D
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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.4 L4 j6 M% e3 P$ D. U
1 q# P' j1 p' P0 Z8 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., n* R$ n# G7 v
7 d" o5 N- j- b4 k; X: {8 h* WThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 7 R! E4 i& t0 V' Z2 G. M; m0 C + @1 L2 q, n5 G6 N' u: i8 oAn 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.” 3 A" I/ r9 Q/ Z' n1 }4 S5 ?/ c* `+ e; x$ R) e6 q2 z8 L
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.: Q3 }& a0 d+ r c% I" h/ c+ L
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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. " O! W ?& {- Q. h. H( k* _: N4 z% d: J$ ^& l& L
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