% U! a$ Q: @% p. n; G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。 # W7 W6 K0 y% D0 v9 _& K, g2 Y/ [ 3 b6 Y- Q, k% i" i
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。 . z$ U- n* C% N2 B, X5 Q) g8 h # G7 m/ u$ L$ h4 k) k2 `( Q2 @: }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。7 @4 G# I/ O2 x) e! j7 q' N
3 A, x% @0 O4 O6 [+ p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。 ; |% }& I. `2 k1 R2 L w ( `3 ?# [+ u+ Q6 I) h: y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”。 0 [7 q/ v3 w" n% h- b' g3 l1 {$ |! y; c
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。”% i) x. T3 W. G; W1 y( `! Z
/ B. \9 i$ O& M6 r8 m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。4 S" v' c! A0 f* ^' k
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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 Q# P& w& A. O# Z& X
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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.) ~, w" b4 V7 x
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Coming 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.8 s$ z+ |: a4 S% X/ P+ m( C% }
/ J. r$ B$ }4 m1 @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. ) o `/ V- F* V R0 E! J$ h 2 S3 i4 r0 q2 |; E& c% IChina'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.+ F, G6 w+ B; l; G0 b. E
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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.( @$ O* \( x4 L$ l& T0 h
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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.”" ]/ S3 S1 w1 ]7 H# u: N& V) J
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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. 0 U' z# G/ ^7 b$ n " c/ ?6 j. ~) \8 M/ }. i( }& G $ v- k9 z5 P% c. e) H' \9 G2 [ X h( O
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