$ E$ R# S: x6 _1 F3 q0 q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。5 ` c8 J8 c1 r# Y
& z; k, R( J/ i, E# e+ s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。5 i0 G: ~: N1 L) n
4 x8 ?% X( `% a/ e$ o+ 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”。+ \1 ~8 l% L2 o. r) v
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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。”2 w, O* I" l# R3 _
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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。4 }( B- T0 ^, h0 n
7 B' }0 p1 E' o, u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。 ( K( ~( @+ H. v* A" v+ V" i1 {, h/ I% v. h4 F, g- H4 m
& J/ b* ?9 u3 B* V" u; nBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai b/ w5 X/ l0 m: k: A/ v+ f
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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., m a: p0 W- n/ U9 s( p, y7 x
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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." ]' z+ K' }8 W. J
4 e, g, m" }2 L, ? l6 i& ]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.+ K0 [, u% t* h: |* T6 }
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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. , H# X {- O- ^8 X' a& d$ X& i* a3 ?5 K6 J9 [% k
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., Y; Q4 I8 [( ^ Q
; o- O. ~2 o/ b5 r8 ^5 p1 XThe 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. ( d7 v/ Z8 o H" e7 @, G6 s- @, U ' y5 n# Y4 ]! p" F9 ?6 hThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) ^3 X. N6 L7 v6 d8 Q: w
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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.”( S, X3 x5 K" y. ~7 z- e( ^7 H5 \ r
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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.5 U7 D6 f2 I+ {
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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. : _4 ?) V8 ?* j/ \4 G/ z$ { ' {0 S- }4 h5 @* A. \, `+ A/ K& G* {& {. O
