1 E% E* g; T/ ]+ _. O# 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。 $ S$ M, ^+ O; F) V; E$ c& m 0 l/ p3 T' D6 d2 T9 c7 ^
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。 5 w6 m6 ^! `4 j! }/ _2 U2 M/ w8 H! o, p1 R I& B
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。+ c) X- A6 x" ]; N( s
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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。1 e* R8 i: W5 r( R/ i# n2 t! d
8 z( x6 Z2 m6 d# p# \0 ]$ A( S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”。# N/ s' ]$ o* ]& O. y0 K
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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。” 4 f0 g1 q* P2 O! u, U$ m8 n U- l; a0 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。% l4 d) a% R7 e) u0 i3 J
2 q+ j/ w1 I/ S4 o1 g! r" j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。: _3 v5 u! ?1 z% l9 ?/ r/ f
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ! E, E/ B9 C Q0 P% H1 j* f' j: J/ x8 T( e0 b' {' E; z, B2 A
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 k- R. Y$ i( K 5 l: ?- q. E5 m$ U8 L) ^$ A' iChina 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. $ i. _9 Q. V2 P- j! w* `6 ~# w0 o8 Q; ]- H7 b9 W8 p
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. 6 z) }0 E) T: \( G P$ ]) i8 i. F' g
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. 2 p4 w& ^* q" ]" S t5 U: f 8 B }( j% }" }( aThe 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. , [% f* K i% ]2 W. z8 }6 D# B( Q0 W) |$ Y8 ]' q$ o) X" S( Y
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. 6 U5 ^4 I& f, l; W: t* x6 r# m0 B$ u. P9 X, I 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.9 o- x/ N" n1 U h# I4 Z/ w* S
0 v2 r6 g2 ?/ m) Q( o& EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. + Z6 d' i) W' p1 {" n3 n4 C8 k) y4 Q+ ^! T* p. w3 U
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.”- X% n' K; C- l& v
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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.0 u8 L% U( w# D p& O. h1 V( z
& f8 K; h3 `; s8 MThe 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. & f) s K- D0 d' q$ X: o$ { % g5 {$ A5 b$ m+ k/ X 6 g0 ^5 X/ i( _# e$ s, Q5 ^/ l# x( j+ Z
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