6 ]" |$ n5 r) F' b7 ^8 T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。 ; Y+ v' k0 g& A. Y# p1 ~6 l$ f' z0 P% l+ w0 H' m6 d s
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。2 `1 D4 g! N9 {/ V. q. x- t. A% R% t
3 k: s, y% I( j, p8 d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。& [9 L% U2 f+ A2 S& G9 m. f
. X0 _8 W% l& t4 ~By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai o$ b1 i) |- x7 `' B( lWednesday, June 27, 2007 ) ~$ k5 N9 p9 A5 k% o( N/ r
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 P: T n U4 _3 o3 k
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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.6 ]! q. w' w/ l! z
" G! G+ l% O1 r6 DComing 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.' _& f2 a* N e6 P+ h- A
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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. 6 w% R; e1 T6 \5 h$ Q$ S* q1 G. d- ~2 I4 M ~# r: k9 M
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. . x6 [ n5 x3 _7 k1 ?( U" k% c3 Q7 K/ Y, L" ?
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.3 |9 V6 K6 E" m$ P8 p
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * K/ A( ^, W% m2 Q( `* h9 Z ; i6 R- `" t( Q( Y1 |8 B4 gAn 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.” # p* q. Z) `3 i( X& B : i) A7 f1 }3 Y. z5 ?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.! l5 w" d9 E- |* J4 s
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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." O% y( S; p/ m. _5 e8 O! h( _* U
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" ^% v. y! j1 m - H; S8 \- }+ b& Q7 S: a. D: AFinancial Times
