) Z2 ]6 p9 L- \- c1 | _0 i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。/ F& O% t4 N- E' \ F. {
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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。 . P' ?- m$ a8 N8 G* ?+ W/ z3 G 3 M9 j9 S* | y' h0 L; d0 \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”。 6 Y7 n3 D/ j+ e) t3 s- ^4 f ; V3 O" y7 z! s4 }1 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。” 9 b7 U: b2 r1 P. v! _- O [: H( g& h0 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 E) B4 i& s+ |. `* ? ' m1 n3 F/ v9 _3 r1 e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。1 Y: @* D) k j q
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. U. A/ c+ p ^8 {2 q* e- n0 @- qBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION : S4 y9 N! C5 n4 A# M+ \# D% v X, Q8 ^
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. 6 |) B: L% I* e9 Q3 c( U, F" J1 E% _8 d& {
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. * v# q/ j5 g: r# I3 g # V3 B6 U4 `& uComing 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.6 _0 E- t% Q- {/ Q5 t" d7 ?; C8 F! S- v
# o. M3 g( w% I) Y- o$ i2 X* d5 W4 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.$ E0 t: w& K* N
* p( h2 F3 @0 H. A+ |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.: v' D+ z* D6 `3 N# m( C
- A% Q& T/ Z1 o( ]. `( b: o, T8 lThe 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. 8 l$ S) U! O$ _9 \! h" K) q3 T4 K2 A, k6 v) \' B
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 6 A# _8 z b' M3 r! D ' u3 n; c% V2 Z& {# D) ^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.” $ C) l9 M4 ^% K3 _6 H$ P( i: p3 r( x. K" [$ l+ I4 b: d1 b
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.5 U6 K0 p3 i, O. ^: I) q
0 S: r# |2 j- P% P2 rThe 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.% ]% i) f! v. E4 j5 U- f
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