, ?0 r' D- C. [" T1 {# C0 _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。( E; R. S& t7 a: d
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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。 ' w2 ]' y. ^! z% p) y7 I: ? 9 ]" U+ F k( B: y2 E U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。 , C6 G+ K1 e. k" [" A; S2 Y+ G2 w% k- X
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”。) x, }% {* u/ [- B: @5 x; P$ H/ j# c
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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。”. h: \' \+ I( H9 j
' Z# F' \) [6 |- m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 {( Z& A [" B* z5 V
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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* ]: Z: o: e" S& G% \ . r- l' `/ M6 h' C9 I! }; l c/ ?, [ {8 T7 j/ q1 b" ^8 N
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 l8 s u: F6 gWednesday, June 27, 2007 # m8 V! O( d7 w" j) }% o0 b1 \
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION . c3 R% o. B5 M; I/ g# `0 r' X( E - z r2 a3 G, _7 d2 w: L; \4 |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. ; p! W/ s5 _/ m' q 7 Z1 u) E: t) D4 JGovernment 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.* o& [2 B" K/ K3 Y/ q1 |# n
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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.- e! t( e9 B2 ?; E
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$ O4 G7 T2 j. {% K) v) ]# X/ G/ S( @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. 0 v0 A5 S" [+ }" o7 `, m* K( F0 Y2 M, x
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. 7 x/ I s, {7 k% H 2 R% f! T% j( s% Q9 C* aThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 8 X) w4 W7 ~" M) M. @/ B( P / M- V* Q% E2 Q8 {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.” ( j! E4 r5 x% I% }7 H8 A T s( [6 v" j
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. $ n4 N/ c* W0 i8 ]8 @; `: `7 Z+ i. v0 E- x/ @* A0 O
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. & L& X- J- M8 Y8 U+ O& B3 }( ~ 3 }5 G1 y( B+ F+ H. c a ( e( M6 ?* K) P8 d 5 Y6 ^; N% f' |3 W( X0 p/ [Financial Times
