6 N8 E6 I" d" S# z# T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。1 Y' j( A1 g1 o5 w8 X
; D! X8 G; y, B% s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。 2 C. g1 f$ e2 w+ q5 l$ n, c' G0 T
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”。$ h# ~! U* T% @1 H `
8 ?0 C0 t! @6 S% O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。 , N, q n1 ?' X1 E) v1 g) p9 B& o0 ^& y5 ^' 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。; i4 f' e3 C6 F6 {# u: w
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: _/ y6 r1 w2 X/ X9 f( L s+ ABEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . N. v# s9 c0 T G8 E/ s# I5 E- F3 D( X' Z8 t/ c" I
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. 0 X, q, V c% s' H; _5 I3 T- ~/ N8 L) |# s& a$ H: h$ W
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.* x( t% e9 ~9 u& A1 e: Q
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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. % v$ W4 v9 U+ Z0 o3 `- H* G# ?3 A3 T0 O' y5 M
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. 1 Y; T* M$ e1 s" F& V4 q/ K" v5 I6 @" h4 b" @! y
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. ; R& k$ o+ \8 Z0 F- w& N q0 G$ a5 L* g; z5 L2 _
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. + T1 Y% h; K+ r* c" \9 i . V: ~8 s3 |4 i; G- \2 dThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. , f- z8 @; x+ ^4 H" {0 V2 @# E: L5 v9 U5 m
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' V" W0 L7 F4 [0 `9 D) S( h& M/ g+ d$ u. a+ n8 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. ' }+ Q/ l3 \. N, h 6 I' \3 d% P1 H2 O. b5 HThe 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./ J' ^. [1 a: K( o6 ], U
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