7 Q/ P4 Y* W5 V8 Z d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。”+ [+ Y: b7 Z: _4 J0 N
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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。 + O3 h: V2 I4 f% k5 g- s! t9 r0 U; K+ R7 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。! b5 q8 ?4 f5 {$ `( N# f1 s
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + z. M- {+ W; i* N6 V9 P. ?- zWednesday, June 27, 2007 , n8 @2 B: q7 _: H0 G2 U! [8 Y8 j) @" w8 t% x2 v$ L
0 Z1 h0 y$ x- ^, P+ i# R' y5 [BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION " Z$ u; v) g9 o ' G+ m) D. h) E! L! ^) ^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. * B6 g+ |9 J$ R, |, W$ L9 N& X+ h 4 f P4 X- B, j+ a TGovernment 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. 2 Q0 Y: }) @; k! g4 H5 Y4 ^. l/ P/ L" @" Q# |$ h
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. $ {+ z; m' T6 Z F% t: D5 `8 D / X0 L1 _- }; h) i- Y$ \8 t+ HThe 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.: F4 P1 K% c% O2 j" q
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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. 1 c9 D+ R8 e/ E0 G7 z , v2 L# n g- C% |6 ]# W" ]' DThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 |; p6 ?7 F( ~ _0 F, L
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- E8 I$ g3 I* R0 wThe 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. ' |3 L8 G8 X: H : f6 D! ` y* ~/ \: yThe 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.8 G0 J4 D; D; ?+ E! E+ h" F1 z& H
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