( l/ e2 T, r \: J3 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。) Q, `& `2 a4 T1 y4 G
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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 g+ v5 @( K2 g: F/ n7 [. z0 ? / I' {. x; V2 w& s! H& |: n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。 " i! ] T) f: U. \( Q3 }. y% U N+ T( \7 |0 G
质检总局表示这些货物“细菌总数、霉菌和二氧化硫含量超标”，但没有具体说明查获的时间和数量。 ' {! H# O# N: N6 H. E 1 V& N+ D$ e' C% [( W该机构在声明中表示，已要求地方质检部门“加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫”。 3 \& R8 ]5 N4 q+ T1 N . Z, W) J" ?9 ^# n1 K8 I1 [某欧洲贸易公司驻上海的一位高管表示：“没有看到关于这些货物的细节，我们说什么都没有把握，但显然，这看起来像是要引开人们对中国及其自身质量问题的关注。”9 v, m$ ?* V& v8 |
l/ T& b) P' e/ I美国政府下属的国家公路交通安全管理局(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)周一宣布召回新泽西州分销商Foreign Tire Sales销售的轮胎，这些轮胎可用于有篷货车、SUV和小型敞篷载货卡车。6 g0 P4 Q2 D& f' i; m) H
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由中国杭州中策橡胶有限公司(Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber)制造的这些轮胎缺少一层帮助加固轮胎、防止胎面分离的橡胶层——2000年，正是这个问题导致美国大规模召回凡世通轮胎(Firestone)。记者昨日未能联系到杭州中策的管理人员置评。: f1 o \) X* G# N
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# C- @# C5 R4 m$ ? O: \) m7 ?* t* PBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ! |7 \9 C1 O0 M1 {0 d$ T& gWednesday, June 27, 2007 , |" e& }; `) r; k2 ~! E& U" 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. 1 _6 u4 I" t4 b) \2 V. C- z0 R2 j b8 U" w+ a% r8 r; B, y
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. W* N+ N- x* Z0 \* L + @+ ]4 ^: T) k; ?; c/ nComing 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.; X! I: [( G$ ~) `
% p, r; }# m3 lThe 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. 7 E8 l; c/ N& m8 z8 [4 G9 w; q- @3 \ ; c: R% s' X JChina'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.0 o, t/ K5 z* g6 l1 E( j4 ]
9 G) n- H% y* x; 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. ) B2 _5 V( d( o _* W+ a ' L0 i4 e/ O/ [+ Q5 K5 X, b) NThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ b+ w* {, q+ N* X: v, s2 T T/ s, h0 t) E. }2 C9 y
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.”" r# L. ^. B' t5 M ~
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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. # J. R& i( l5 y( j: r, y% q. d9 J! W) K# p4 k- f. X: ?: N
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. , i0 S- A- Z1 J& O' ?9 Y5 b2 Z. i6 a; O) c( g7 K) @
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