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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。 " r0 g8 w/ z8 s5 j, }5 A3 _% e6 J! f6 |: N6 T9 c4 z( g# q* E
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。 9 }1 I$ s# x2 V: w 5 C# o0 Q4 w1 `) L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。& N% o$ u5 A9 y
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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。 8 E8 P' X# y1 d8 R # }$ ~' o7 g# s/ p5 F5 }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。 ! g9 Y) p! k1 W( o) q- ?0 G" V0 i4 B
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。! b7 I3 U6 ]0 i, ?# e; w/ I
$ ^9 l. i' o9 T% ^: R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”。7 g. y; F3 O6 f- X0 E6 U/ a4 b1 j
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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。” , d" d& E+ p8 ~( e) \ 5 }4 o0 a, `, X' x% F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。$ E( z/ k* i5 v
7 a% T9 q2 ^( ]$ P; R' k( H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。 % Y8 m, c9 T" F. N+ b5 o U' P; [2 d$ Y0 Z0 k4 l / ?1 i% f! q4 ^' I6 I# N3 P7 Z6 q+ ABy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 a6 D8 }, Z1 o' ?5 V1 }+ ^Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - y$ `0 p o( w0 P3 ?: I
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION: Q, w4 G" Y* b. A( m! P9 s% _
+ \- l" N" O1 j7 R3 WChina 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. 9 o" g7 y2 i* ?- Q0 C6 ?+ } t; ?0 s. k" h- _# o! W7 E- P9 X
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.! `+ R: p m% T$ Y0 D/ p
1 z* N+ }) b7 _$ f5 g( wComing 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. 7 m+ ^3 t3 M5 Z8 {7 e" D$ K( ^" k7 }( k5 w# f+ W
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.) S+ v% p; ?) f; @/ f; C
7 c1 m/ v( h5 [, A) c3 d( SChina'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.& r$ b3 a9 u5 a' O7 J; |; L
+ a% J# U3 Q. G- m" YThe 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. 6 h4 D. \8 }8 {; g! v# u # y% k3 y7 c& H2 ?+ mThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.$ F2 {+ C5 d0 l+ S& 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.”* B$ g0 N+ ^2 n; |) d% f
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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.: t; t: V1 a8 ~/ U+ x7 s
7 o0 m W, B5 I5 F9 r! i }1 \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.# Y1 D2 h2 m2 F% z9 Z- X8 r4 \) R7 Y
}6 g8 f. P9 u ]6 I, ^( F z9 i& x; l6 L) I: a5 Z , [5 K3 a# ^/ v! }7 v' }Financial Times
