r0 g4 R7 p5 Y& V# g+ _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。2 n4 @1 Z9 m. s( G" i
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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。1 Q8 n4 a1 g" h2 E
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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。8 J( i" N$ c- B. w
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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。& D9 q! I2 p- [( E: 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”。 9 ]/ L, p6 s. ?* I, r; A) i1 {. v% p1 b) N, P5 F
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。”+ E: `$ h! l& F' ?+ Q5 u. P8 Z
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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。 `8 J7 |. [% t3 q$ B : E4 G7 h% C5 ~3 d3 \/ [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 g2 Z( O- [7 A6 ?& @$ b
4 |& x" x/ j6 R% w # T. B/ ]7 c O iBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + C2 p; I# a% H$ g$ V
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Y& c3 \7 a0 r0 {6 k4 a$ @& G 1 N; ]/ A, B' v% R6 ?" g; s! r : z, j, S- x/ J6 ABEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION: u' c3 h! Q6 x% c! i t$ s" y# N# C" L' L
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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.7 F+ h% z5 k. I3 X& [; w7 X3 v
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# A5 n/ j* J' f; c9 |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. - n) n: D. o. t3 U, W" C( Q- J5 {' o : n, z. A* }/ ]4 b& VThe 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. " O+ g5 o9 T, j( e1 \6 V: {+ j6 y9 \' O L) i. G' ^0 K* I7 R1 \7 z n
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. * Z& d% m8 h/ M: `* \# `9 W " N/ l2 s$ U# t% T+ c; 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.; k; R. a: v3 G% s
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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.”- m3 ]3 d. Z/ G; y
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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. $ q0 ?( h- O& D8 z8 N$ w% c% G 5 [4 ~8 R5 b4 c0 U& P+ I1 R' J' 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. % l$ q$ b% t8 {% N1 E( t6 _( h$ E# `( r( N( p
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