- R5 _3 R' U/ a1 |* L2 O& I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。1 r* d8 O' N0 F- m- Y
: \) A9 D. Y b% I; A2 D# k 9 H$ w& l6 q: H1 @) aBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 1 y. B. U+ A$ v; N* t0 N
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! Z1 Y: n6 Q' R' f/ X / d5 a- T4 z% V9 w* _1 i. v& V 7 O" M5 W0 l( v* f6 rBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION- Q7 w% h. j* _3 n Q
/ N. s; T# p: A3 P iChina 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.) ^3 O% {# j, S
" _' k: _" }$ y! ^/ u$ r! N9 G; GGovernment 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. 3 `- A8 v7 o2 S6 {9 Q ) s: s/ c: G6 ]6 K j% }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. , h6 }; v3 T2 d' s% ~" i 0 ?* y. N1 N8 xThe 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. : P. c' E" V% n8 c7 ] 7 c: ?6 w; H1 I3 j8 K) b' Q! |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.6 y4 |( F4 R* `1 W
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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. ) `& `; T- K1 I/ J " F" G3 s. K3 i/ hThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. U% V: k+ m5 e& H9 n+ u. E / w& w: z9 H1 v& B0 \7 Q- F( H/ \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.” % A" x# H( B; d, j* a4 g& J4 f# P5 ]- g K" g, \
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* ~( b0 B' ?* A ( }. ~( K0 o+ ?8 J$ Q9 z6 s) W* _0 c+ LThe 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.6 \1 V( U3 B* H3 q* I1 z2 k
