: N- q* \# |- H" K |/ G+ B0 F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。$ G1 Q7 ^( M" t8 G" m( M+ }0 o' U
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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。 ) C) M* ?% ^7 i; W# ~% i$ d ) b- e5 S( ]" n1 t. I, `" Y8 X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。 # p& }' s2 v+ e& o0 P( l) ?6 c2 l. z, H4 h# ~
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”。9 |0 S) R& }* R$ _8 n; {5 U
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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。” ) l! R; k! }4 l- f' x' q/ \/ q" d+ m8 M# M8 _7 Q
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。 7 g# |3 I! R' S! @. o; n9 N6 }1 @; E' j$ P* V" f; X* U0 a7 m
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。9 H+ E9 @+ a' F1 k- l
9 x e; ]! [9 j( M1 g * J- I! M1 x3 M* K# M- ?/ g/ CBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ }) U; j, l9 Z/ a* Q$ f
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. b: S" R4 v* P& e" k" R" `( h. d
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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. # P7 P4 F. j- _8 D : ]- i6 f" g% C3 u1 u) T( MGovernment 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.- t: L& m) k% j8 S& i4 l
3 [/ Q* b' s& N$ b! D, j. S! kComing 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.( M' c3 t. b8 s- y! R0 `' U' ^
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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. - c, o' X, v$ V& }- i+ {: x1 p# u8 \+ h7 ]
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.$ b; U/ p3 T% r* v: e2 Y8 \ v
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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.) m: E4 p6 [$ Q( k+ X0 s! `( X; w$ ]
) Q; E( a% ?8 i# E1 TThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- l2 a" {( P l( d4 e
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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.”, }, Z" x' N& 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. 6 M3 c1 n x2 a( i / w: `( H9 W! F# p6 XThe 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." k& I, U( D: v: \
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