Z4 w, P6 R. `' R9 z& L i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。 " b- [. [3 L& O! o- j9 w' k$ j# f- { ' n4 n) V% o' j; {9 f+ r d m$ ]1 o
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - O0 f1 k# T9 n7 _: M# R* w. d0 P
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1 C# d; u& ~2 z9 t: G3 S9 eBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION7 ]5 i1 a' O* F$ o! v
9 R/ [ ?3 M; b* o& [% KChina 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. * F$ _" i% A$ ~/ G$ r ' S5 [2 ? h0 T$ V* `: t% C& zGovernment 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 @+ H0 `, ~# v - c5 P: g6 I( Y) b5 bComing 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. 1 H1 B( O# @3 {1 Q $ m5 W4 d, `) w( [1 y+ y7 DThe 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. 3 @* q) _8 J9 @- f, [7 n# T. v9 g7 ?2 [
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. $ A+ h1 Z0 V8 j% O4 ` m( g- M) V6 p$ h9 F/ B" d: b4 }' ]
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. + [1 \) J) v' J0 W% s, \* q x: I) e8 J" F7 h. K' V" y- _+ m# E! I( [/ N" @. a0 a
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”., {. G$ F4 t0 H+ a* u* p
: D/ {" T5 o- T- L& b5 X" ^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.” ( n+ P- x: g% N$ m6 Z1 `. W; 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. % H( P' M% l: C3 |8 R m {" M4 B+ k- t$ q
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.6 |0 s$ ^& ^* M4 S. D7 b
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