' w P& |8 t( y' @& m0 N0 P; m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。4 c7 h% Q; O9 {+ \; {% d
- w6 i9 @/ i# ~/ O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。 * R/ Q4 R+ q, L$ u6 i 6 Z: Y+ k4 o' j. L2 z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 J I. c$ b- f
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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。 : W3 S6 o) i' R% |- w z; A) q2 k0 O* i. |
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”。2 b+ T3 S# j- X
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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 y9 P& b& C& E4 J/ ]' U
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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。 " k; v1 V7 {# T/ Y& h+ }* m: H# U7 v4 h) |, a# Z
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。( F# k" L/ ^6 @2 Y! l" 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./ c$ B* O+ Q# ^4 X
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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.* U) o8 f6 S+ Y0 n1 {
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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. : ]& r" p- Y1 }) ]5 f0 u! ]6 `- q) J6 x/ g% V
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. " A0 X4 ?3 q$ R4 h2 A+ v ( [3 q; m( x0 Z0 u5 i+ @8 qChina'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. ; I% o3 D+ B6 \% j$ O( S# ?" |+ ]/ u: y4 f8 T& l# E) R# c. X
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. 7 N" E& b+ |; T) Q/ A- l" V4 n V$ r/ h6 k" Q
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( i+ i) [: }. s6 `3 x3 i$ r) h1 q9 K: B& M' q! N3 E
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.”( F8 h- ^: D2 L: c+ t
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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.4 W8 s" l& D/ S! F7 P
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