$ {5 d- t; L; n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。 + ?, |$ _& O+ M d' w# A M! Z! y! C + f4 i) ]! ]( O8 U
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。 2 G* f6 D3 D" {4 l: X2 V 3 }/ m$ a8 b( j& r# P* n+ ^7 F6 V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。1 C! C( ~* X/ o! {) C/ ~! h
; g7 ^7 n0 A* L/ E9 _4 n' Q, Y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。3 L8 p3 I8 t3 ?# D2 j
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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”。8 Y2 v- D- b, F4 l
' ?2 S7 z% O& Z. Q& n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。” . b1 d; k$ f5 P0 W1 Y! G0 l* B% ~- `
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。 6 E' S' r* @* z R2 V- B* \( q# ?. B- [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。: M4 ]/ ~7 u2 F) U7 x( P' C
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" j/ ?! h6 d% l0 w& P. e0 rBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ( N& L1 R0 l7 A" I6 u 8 o, }- j* m0 R. ]! C; eChina 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. ' v/ w/ a% U% o" e M9 O) D- e 9 y& k0 L. b8 xGovernment 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! W8 r/ \ {' ^0 k0 e, J2 u; D
E8 C' U' j: f( u" x( HComing 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. ; F, B# G4 ?9 H* A/ F# `- v. t9 E5 X# B1 c! p$ m% L, ?9 M
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.+ V/ {0 I. c5 Y; x% c" G: s
. T+ C1 _% m$ }9 u8 K4 GChina'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.9 b( O0 E$ ^0 W8 l* Q
0 Y% ?7 V+ c8 {& WThe 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 T m. u& e6 o 8 k h# T* U: {3 o/ wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.7 I; B4 g( f: `0 ^1 n/ o+ V
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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( d* ^& M, I* A5 l7 a; b$ I: y! h' w, Q
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. " V5 E6 {9 k# \/ u* e% o, n ' Z. }+ |+ L, [$ ?" n$ @2 [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. $ n) W, m. A- y' ?; q 0 j/ l0 F) b7 ?$ \* t) s 1 k. o7 l4 o# C( S& _ 3 @4 u- `( V' p5 f; a% OFinancial Times
