/ ]' X u( v$ r: ^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。 P' b& ^* h5 r# T! F
1 K6 ^8 _# a, d2 j* K' B! k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。 1 {# n7 D8 n. j) i3 p& O- G$ D* z5 q8 v% }% g
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”。 $ o1 b6 z* n4 ?+ Y1 z( ^; z; _% p2 B1 `3 m# {- j
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。” n0 U! ~# P; e& c' B
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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。 ) {3 Q3 O. y' D) P. U; E' v7 L# a9 `4 B; q8 V+ J) M
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。 . q5 |. w3 T( `! n( ?+ o: E" Q C ) R8 r; e2 E0 a8 y# @% @% K2 u5 J2 \) z# W. h
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 W2 d: n# I9 L& T% k9 p( N, P, f
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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. # ~- L0 S+ W2 D) Z; K4 f5 S0 n+ e3 V: Q
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. / s" u8 ?: P \& [ ) ?6 p; @5 c( Q) W4 p I! k( ]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.7 B7 _- o1 o; n
y% b) u3 a2 l- pThe 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. * I( L" b6 N7 h0 T6 ?) @: q5 N5 p. o4 L' `
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. 4 } H% D& s2 \% }+ q) X9 {5 R' u3 o; `/ r
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. 6 m8 p! `1 }2 @( n. X" ^) T0 ^% h$ ^8 i/ c) `
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ m8 R: A8 K/ ^( k+ v- H4 F" R : {" r4 ?* O3 g, ` FAn 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.” - O* c4 s6 @+ I: G8 f$ A6 W; y+ v( g% q- h/ i3 D; D8 v
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.& a0 c d# T+ R2 Z: i; E
4 ~# s0 F! \; DThe 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.& d/ I9 r& }3 N' G$ F) V/ `
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