; n: P" n, L# j. H8 j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。/ L1 y$ C8 J* \& F
0 `( a$ [, ?( z* u8 o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。$ `( K6 [9 K- P) L
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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。 & y1 R# c* `7 K; t, a; O + G0 {; I' Y) ?& v5 `& w2 p- F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。 V) f0 w, }$ e5 @. A5 U. O5 [; e7 J3 @% f- ^# [3 F
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”。8 K4 N6 {* m7 K, T1 ^* d
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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。” # S) k2 f' w7 H & U! q9 @. E7 B" K! ]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。- @# [( w9 ~5 Y/ t2 `3 o; {0 |
/ B0 U+ o/ r- k P; x! N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 h7 U" p1 y+ \; n2 I# { ! y$ R; q% f7 i+ F* c% g& r) f! h" @9 Q, r- C
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 9 ~' C; L% J. N0 AWednesday, June 27, 2007 W, v: l1 D* ~% @8 T5 W; \# Y+ |' a* f9 M: ?/ N
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION, B- z+ \$ m% q" X
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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.; D4 ^$ |9 R/ m# d2 a, @
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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. . U) s6 {) b" L1 H7 H6 F- S( Y * x" F- @) ?% k5 |. uThe 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' L1 a4 k' s1 V( u2 D' G3 {7 r/ d+ o
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.3 [! h( j5 ~) |+ M
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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.6 }$ O a# z9 i& H' j/ ]; Q; p/ _: k
5 v* i+ _; ]3 k! b# i' CThe 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.: K& F6 B! {/ C
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