7 y" ~1 e9 t5 M8 V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。 * B# ^: j$ ~0 `* v: }' L" r( S3 R5 Z r$ B. ^ q* a4 h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。 - z2 S! l& h/ U5 f9 l) V1 s Z- t6 r7 {( s/ r& x% G. C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。, X) a3 K. b; q, {, h
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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”。 ' V% W: A5 @( U: a7 X9 S$ I; l7 F) q 3 b3 y- A1 f/ _; |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。”) f* e/ _, F3 w8 ~
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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。" Z J {2 f9 R6 {% r; t# T
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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。5 ]. X& _) [4 z( r) W
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION: A5 t; H# n. h2 q# o0 |! s" 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.% t; T% K, n& a4 s7 z2 g
, Y( ` |0 |; i1 }; f7 G9 SGovernment 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.0 E5 ]1 [* _; \
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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. & G1 T) y: k' Q3 \* V- X0 q/ E - j. M$ I0 U1 y% o7 m1 ]0 iThe 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.8 t- L: X0 I# q6 q' R6 a6 T
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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.” 3 i' G6 D- q! d2 M# F2 O# B6 }; ?. F9 n6 a* Y- `
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. : `# b8 Q3 E! u2 a# ]; ]% T3 w- {- [/ g# ?
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.2 n# s3 ^: S' o2 S3 H1 s0 r: w6 a- L
