# z6 P9 O; ?( N/ G% m+ N3 w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。 3 @. Y, \. v8 l5 H/ S A4 p7 H. A2 c9 ]$ G5 @2 U
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。$ Y) d5 h7 {: y6 d! R
* ^8 t, U' L# C3 Y0 M: I+ {5 } 4 X* {2 F$ F9 T! {: k3 W3 }By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; p9 `7 t B' I. a ^Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7 @' o) D7 x g" G( [- s! I( k7 n d7 c" G1 h1 R# [
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 1 y& A3 f$ G7 q" H* k5 B* b+ l+ B' m( J( f; d
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.) ]; u: t/ Q _/ `- |" d. \8 [
r* |* ?- s# C( a* c- Q1 {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. ) e* B) Y) P7 T& y/ d' _$ j - @1 ?0 F( A* MComing 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. , B- F. t; S# Z L5 }! @6 K 2 O' S( O+ K5 X! b/ A OThe 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.# M7 L6 r, \0 A$ k7 t2 n1 Q5 `
% F9 s% v5 b. g' v5 W4 CChina'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.) ?1 K- v t) F t) e1 b: \2 |9 Q! e
( k3 g) F/ o9 N# d7 V" bThe 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. / E' j5 J: a( |0 A & v6 d- W" g: o- Z$ qThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; c8 w! H$ J/ w' U- o, r/ ?
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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.” , o' T# y: S1 d U: d3 }, _$ \1 H% r# w, x T' t9 a1 z& ^
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.) n& _8 R6 o/ v5 M6 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. # Y) A2 b2 ~2 h- e* M2 h3 y, ?5 S; B! e9 W/ F1 e& k
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