, L% i. o; J( C7 I2 F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。, P4 k6 V! s4 l* f& f. z
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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。 $ a5 S8 a$ @2 ~$ D; { ( l) E+ f' Z2 ]* \! e1 x" 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。 k/ t. m, J% V9 |% c& X# K
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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。 ) W1 q; ]6 Z7 l4 I4 R3 N% U0 d; L2 t* W" e# q
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”。 & N; B3 G4 }8 f+ p4 W7 V4 G0 \ c7 J
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。” 4 r, V3 U: H. | }- M5 Q3 r0 [5 E4 a) q4 @- p2 [! u! 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。 # L5 b' M$ K3 M# R( x8 o " V4 x5 R2 V5 N+ C% h7 ? E, 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。% n d; m$ m. p5 l& X! l! M
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai x" V4 s$ e4 C. HWednesday, June 27, 2007 2 e, J8 e5 @7 U+ ]; y0 B/ k- Q5 W* B4 e( U+ b/ Z7 j$ f
) \3 E9 P# [# Z- a+ F. n* MBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 7 D% h1 g: V+ y3 f% P# a+ D; b/ E! F% p* P+ o7 E+ c
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., ] y3 _) t7 c' C& W: C
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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. / }+ Q% f$ G! [3 M: P. I & u$ p' q# o/ E0 ?0 G* d9 gComing 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.' N! O* Q2 O. `9 I
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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.! V) V0 n& y) C8 U( ^
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; E: r6 V& h' gThe 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. " S5 G" g4 T& q: R+ l/ s& k 4 `5 \% p! n/ w, Z& vThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.+ ~" a3 L+ o6 E' f- V
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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.# g% t5 e. e1 v& o& Y
* E' D8 H" Q- g0 P$ M5 vThe 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 m# B8 F) `4 ?% C
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