: X% U0 x% n0 u9 W; Z5 Z* z' }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。 ( C0 C8 y) b% R% i; ~" T7 i! Z) K/ G& b2 [7 u- R# k
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”。! l' W$ ~4 `3 I. U" K% t. N
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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。”2 E/ z6 z( X7 c+ e) }
5 O8 _# C9 b' a8 s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。 * y5 G% S& d# j8 u( o6 o- r* r& ?" p) b5 R$ Q4 o" \- U- E
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。 8 E% }" ~; z# o3 a: ` $ _3 v4 P' G5 A4 n- e % @8 w# X9 U1 l C& u) F EBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ D6 T: f; y, D4 D# |! [8 B7 K2 S7 g7 I
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 R, r) W% G5 y. S
1 J: D, K7 N8 T( TChina 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. ( W+ `4 K" B2 ]6 A0 X 5 @# ~ {/ M! q& `+ D# I$ c H# LGovernment 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.% r5 ^6 u( @' ^1 f% r% C0 R
8 I$ S2 b: x! G t# hComing 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.9 S2 a/ P* c6 W: | `( e7 I+ F
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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.! w7 }2 A3 N% s% ^# v- {
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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. 7 k: \' s. I' c6 c+ K. }1 A8 Y- k1 h 0 O+ h' L- A5 j, JThe 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. ( c y8 x/ ^* J. |7 I 3 |# V6 N/ d8 O; d8 X; u! ?The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / k8 j, Q4 ?, N6 g/ q! X" N/ E' V$ {
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.” ) b/ [7 p$ \$ i2 i2 L7 r# G& c # A3 e$ H; N; L/ x! B; ]& hThe 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 N0 @# B/ Z) a. I- L/ o# B 2 Y. `, L6 D0 [/ }" u$ p7 a) g8 Q, ?7 CThe 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. 2 o) V. ~" W, C, v . _) E1 A- A9 t+ U. D1 {* D6 t ! c. a( J; k" J+ e9 x# g' i0 w9 f( {: R
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