7 H; X2 e& \; [/ D3 o5 `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。 / R$ G8 E- @2 _5 `) x; B K% ?/ E 4 W8 n. `) m* v# D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。6 _9 T0 B- N5 o6 ]! ~( d3 G& x
/ g! V% g4 |6 A8 R3 E, v' A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。 & x0 L1 V! M+ s& R" k$ |8 n+ o. H0 {3 w8 \3 O7 A
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。 / {( V6 l8 s6 a4 x 7 k; g. [* h) `' s: n( P8 z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”。 : ~) C; T; N2 ^$ n X4 O3 _: e9 k. H) S# _
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。” ( i0 i( n% x' Q Y5 b1 F: w3 w+ ]- {3 p3 d J! Z. M0 V) R- L
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。 4 M/ d8 U9 o9 e/ Z$ q, F# w- x0 v: X; t+ F: m4 `5 y# h3 ^$ L' {
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。 + Z% i' _" s( @2 [ 1 z: H M p! U# @$ e0 ^8 x" g3 p+ h/ y$ m- k
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * J- Y: E0 J" O8 i) NWednesday, June 27, 2007 O/ z; r: A. O / o$ X+ |' t9 s7 ]2 d3 ~6 L4 [, N, h/ \+ }5 ^- P* Q
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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. & k1 C) o! G$ {9 A- D1 s7 {: Z* h) b - r0 G; v0 S6 K. F5 Q9 FGovernment 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 R) r' G3 B# P, x ; { ^ W. A3 r# v3 dComing 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. 9 q0 c( c2 i: X7 [3 Z2 f/ V/ b e( b0 M, S% X, W
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.9 i( q2 z! u) O8 y0 a) y
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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. : I# g3 F7 q- b9 |3 ]4 B# @- E c& a) o
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.' _+ S! S) Y7 T+ s3 X# `
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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. u/ g9 q$ H
( ]. x, k6 l' A% j( J0 I Y' @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. 8 W9 u) p$ R1 m+ E4 z, Y/ z" B w$ Q+ s! d& h
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. ) M/ @; [7 e9 L" t / S- i! S" p8 B1 w8 |7 q$ i, v2 h c* {, H6 A( F: \& I0 \
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