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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。 . E/ _. q+ ?6 Q( c# o' ?" L 3 [ p8 h( d: W* ~& D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。 & j" d, ~* ~- t; n' V4 }0 A& b( ^ ) t( j p& {- L9 K# 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。 1 `6 G- ?, h9 H5 G& d, Q ) {* ~. N E4 N) @0 ?. O" 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 b6 X: c+ X# x1 j3 y/ B8 X; p8 p* C: J% w# K. t
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。 . z6 v3 |3 P) Q1 ^# B1 t( s 1 _* M2 y9 C R) e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。- e- v& `" F2 U9 V. R& F
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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”。 ) h4 |5 V. t2 Q5 L/ l( L4 z# s Y8 S, ]$ P
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。” / F" H( q6 r% R4 n4 ]6 R ; a7 ~; h) ^6 t2 ]8 k) J' [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。% p5 ~2 y5 a3 L) j& K! l
4 K8 \$ t" R2 _# I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。 - d4 A3 j3 k. }/ ^. B ; Z& z- s0 \& O7 u+ T5 M7 ~: \9 P* S1 a9 S" n
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; ]4 s- K: E% M* U0 r
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! j1 r9 a* E# g" i7 r7 P& e* ^
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION2 Q7 X6 ~0 U% |' x8 N4 i
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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.# G9 i- U* U1 F! _- z3 P
" f9 d V3 M& ^1 f) @ @4 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. - _. S0 H3 E/ F2 H4 I ; Y, n/ ~: B; J6 g2 ~& ]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.) ?- s: @# [" N/ K
; _6 B" t+ l0 `+ RThe 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. $ o$ O& ?8 D( c0 x4 `6 H 3 I$ y7 X8 y7 `6 MChina'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.& c6 ]: A0 z/ `7 Z5 {
% e% ^0 \* d7 }" u qThe 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. ( O8 l# @3 P0 Z H |$ i : Y/ h/ C- r7 I% a/ XThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”., `9 S& W6 w! [. [! |3 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.” . h/ S) g6 D' @; |, T! F2 o$ J1 c* i/ `0 m8 H
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. t5 o- z4 ~& |- g4 t ( [ |7 f. S' L0 VThe 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.3 H8 t" h+ z5 [6 r. b' T& Y
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