# k4 | `3 I3 A) q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。”% y8 v% D: j, l# s* q
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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。 1 _7 x4 h5 s% a/ V8 Y, C; j" t 6 `- z& z! F5 i8 `. U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。 / u2 N ]% I6 P* W# E 2 e9 C9 W( g/ {4 g9 q0 V( E& ]2 h7 k t, @4 v! ], o
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 s! ]* g1 F7 N: s9 ]Wednesday, June 27, 2007 S& |0 K% ~& p5 ?$ p0 j ( R c: j. p6 ], M + N* f% m* W4 k# h6 tBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 `5 U3 G C4 a0 _4 I, L; H
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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. % o4 Y5 j. ?2 a$ l! Y3 m/ e( Y( d% r- u% i4 j1 c4 s
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. 2 ?8 t( `( s! b' p5 ?3 ~8 l7 ` 0 G0 e) ]) o8 Z- O: d6 Q, pComing 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. }& \+ D# z( A2 a* j7 ]; z
$ f3 M/ h) X- V0 ?. Y( r! XThe 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. - U4 J6 ^: n/ U& r A4 @7 j7 I; ?# I. q1 c3 Q' q
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.1 I" G* f2 C3 `8 G( ~: _' ^7 `
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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.”; h* a# E( h( W) U
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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. % q; R, t$ w2 s$ Q ) D& H @' i: \3 }: OThe 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.$ r1 |! ]3 i% Y1 v6 F
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