+ A) f j. E. E+ _' i1 P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”。 ) ]: ]2 s* e! h: [ m' s2 j/ G I" l& c7 P( a+ Y; ~
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。”8 ~& h0 k# N- m% ~+ ~/ w$ O
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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。 8 \8 ~+ z' P" `8 Z8 ]( k2 K1 l! K, {& }! g
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; G- L/ g! H0 \- P4 t! e9 k- d5 k' o( J& w4 T7 B: U' M
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. : S# ~. r) M) z. o4 m * @3 e8 }. ?+ oGovernment 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. # c& [, @! U# l4 s5 K5 ^: _5 S, @0 S$ g$ W' z
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.( j& J# J- l0 {) f+ {
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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. % n: {2 v5 L9 e. X) }) P7 w: F4 B, O, d4 e; f# z8 J
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.' Q+ |3 m/ Q9 x, l7 I
# c7 n+ A( H. k, YThe 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. ) c4 C* H, ~$ e: \2 B 4 D8 {, @2 i2 CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 _$ _) v1 y; j k# P
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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.” ) Z# Y" O' c5 J7 E# {9 _% g6 @$ a) E4 { Q1 N. z
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. ' L. x, }% U/ B( ~/ J9 c1 i$ N0 x) } & o/ ]; [% Z6 c1 FThe 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. ( N' A4 r9 X6 u9 `9 \1 d; K' S Z$ S2 @+ k# B
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