5 V0 U( F& `9 Q+ G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。+ H- F5 d: K r) W, G6 \9 }+ U. l
Q) x$ G) G) a9 a% k& U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。: ^9 S2 K2 Y0 G) @4 |
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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。1 @) i5 Y; a4 v8 n% c- H8 ^& [3 i' m
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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”。 9 D$ j4 Y: J: o , n* u6 i* O2 L7 d6 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。”3 P/ |' e5 G2 X! u
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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。 % Q! Y. Y/ g" w' j: f 6 {& z4 k3 z$ C& M( n3 L3 s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。 0 M. L r5 O" N, m5 r0 f* X% c6 l+ C! C+ F
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / A2 V* S- l- V+ j. ~1 K) |% ~Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7 T! q' J. g& n% k" c8 o+ X, E% f$ d( T# A
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 S! a- j4 x! R. G+ c5 k
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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.$ F( c2 c6 \6 q4 ?3 U0 j+ l) J5 f& W
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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.# ^( B/ A8 R3 U" D _
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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. 9 r; y/ e3 K* F5 {- {% _% F6 Y' A; h4 `, p0 c
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./ @% A2 T- r9 j1 r4 n9 j) C; g6 c
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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.% \% A+ N2 M$ _7 d3 _& x Q* f
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * Y6 S3 K& Y5 m0 f( z& o! d5 |. ]( B s3 N& H9 i- ?: z
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.”! v+ W0 T# a/ j/ e' G3 J: C: e4 A
0 L4 Z. J5 F5 O; f' J3 y1 O/ uThe 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.4 @0 E% R8 X6 y' {% l7 d3 f1 z
& W! S* I) X+ n; p9 WThe 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 Z% I/ O4 j* q% B 3 B( C: M2 C7 U6 x" Q " _6 Q+ p1 P+ e+ g2 H% B% G ! u1 G" A5 Q3 B. s" HFinancial Times
