2 b5 F- v+ ^2 k$ w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。 7 W4 r$ ?. x6 U2 v" }' r5 D l" E8 T1 y8 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。 % n0 `+ B# d1 z% H, j. h- k3 v8 l7 @& v
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。 , F: N7 l" F2 [) b+ j7 _ , R) m* j1 r( y& J; j( X8 P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。3 w/ l' o! o+ l" H
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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。 3 t$ V7 I/ H! E, e5 N T" F: S% ^- o7 T. ~: N, @1 C3 _
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 u6 Z- x U) z( ?7 p) ^$ W
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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”。 ! `( {5 Q! `& D7 F! N0 d0 \" T" g" m& I5 @9 W6 v* ^. y
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' O- P: G1 D2 l& A& R) Y8 R
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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。 8 Y d, o* _9 K' L: _ + R) @7 q* x4 ?5 C, V. ?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。7 G/ n6 e0 m4 T' V5 T- R$ [" ^3 S
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) O- G$ y9 G' x$ E+ s 9 m( M+ @* A! U0 JChina 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." ?; O$ j# q9 [4 @! J, d, P" \
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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. 9 r5 B: R* k% G s+ |$ \3 a6 r' l5 C, u5 }2 [8 b2 e
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. . t* X1 c- a- E" }4 h: L) u# U 5 c9 r" C. w% ~4 ?# ]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., b$ @6 H; K; f- l' x: ?/ e! R
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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. * n) y8 j) ]+ v1 w6 }: B5 d0 N) }; f. u* v8 i. c. K, H" g$ k
The 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 N1 P/ e3 |6 N( L9 Z5 K0 H6 A1 [. B: Q' I( H& ~
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 6 y0 d" z( `9 ~* n6 \8 J Q: ~: F U! b6 w5 k% U7 _* ]
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 v; D6 w4 ~( C6 h
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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. 0 j/ p: C& O; ^6 _' v - z: {2 Z' x0 J/ w$ `5 q' }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.' p+ R. G! T# N/ u: p/ U a
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