- M1 p- _- P3 u! C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。 i5 V$ u2 Z$ j2 B8 c( z
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0 @$ E6 q k5 UBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 }4 \( ~9 \; w8 Q# eWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 g& L+ R. ?# x5 T0 Z( c5 X( W6 i, y( D; b; l+ I6 J
) A; u; O# w, [. zBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. C: E$ R4 o8 Z: w" V: F7 _* C0 k4 j
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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.$ A3 S6 s% b7 k0 p
' i" W. y1 Q" A4 yGovernment 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. / ]- A0 Q' G# b0 l % d) Y m, G& `8 M8 G* n2 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.' Z8 A! @$ D4 K3 B* N
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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. - D; j) R/ y8 {' |& Z& J5 A+ r$ m
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.% t, w3 D- I8 v) A: g! B
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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. 6 `: ]0 s) [- I4 E# s , O/ R- Y' r K! D" {* s% i8 FThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.& g( m4 u* Y( j6 W
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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.” 3 l. z# |$ Z2 O , u9 N! x6 Y9 N, RThe 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. ( y. x" }/ X4 K- A * ?2 m& h& h6 l" E6 L$ 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. & t+ u3 M: C6 Y% ^- a! j% H' b# F5 G3 V5 ?
