5 d. k0 R2 w" b; D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。! V9 |2 }; {; E
9 [/ o. ~+ }" ^! w* d4 t& Q. l2 L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。 0 N, C. t# U3 ?7 ~6 }* m! l& J w1 K9 i4 m0 M: u0 j) W) {) s0 v( k
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。 : _: F; |6 F8 \! s: R3 h6 Z / Y; R$ S1 J" B/ U7 G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。7 ~2 @, r: O' B& y& s' S) ^
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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”。8 Y; g1 T1 O* `- m& ~* w
( }6 t5 d' `' [2 z3 F- @3 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。” ; s1 Y8 V2 Y5 M7 g8 j$ C7 Y7 Q- \. {4 Z7 v( I2 ~! x! }0 t. ^
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。6 l5 F' z/ Z$ d6 O7 q. T& m, H
" J7 ? J+ a0 u/ A/ g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。- ^# z# |( B3 r. e; I. R3 Q
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 e: G4 k- B8 ]- WWednesday, June 27, 2007 ' {! y7 |' W& p, c9 E& l* H3 p
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 9 s2 U* H; \2 Z4 C: y2 e # u3 s6 f" X" Z5 A" {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$ V! H) l$ _; _
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Government 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.! m: X& Y/ Z! D/ i
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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.! _+ z% y1 s; x, { B2 U- q' r
9 s4 U: G5 }" C9 L( F) iThe 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.0 N+ i& Q+ _) \6 N1 v0 T2 _' N
. H% `: B/ O! ]. M4 g1 @: D; WChina'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. * P9 S5 H/ j- g7 o 2 d- ?: J2 Q7 P5 a% ^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. % b |7 ]6 f# \$ p! a* {0 r& p6 C7 @; W: P# u
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0 T: S' N3 \4 I& U/ u- Y! FAn 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.” : I2 [+ v [+ _ \7 `% F% l: M9 x
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. 1 e, j" b% Y# k 4 X, H4 f6 ]% {( O4 qThe 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. 5 R) _0 k' y& b( t- @ n- Z+ {% I- N$ r* b. l. X0 Y- Y ' M2 x& }2 W* y h' y 9 [# z7 {4 j# C1 FFinancial Times
