- A% h+ S' ~. D5 g z( a. r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。 ( n2 p: K: C x% ~ G5 j8 U' {! c+ ~0 g# B6 T; G
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。( @" d! W! a& a7 T
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & X6 ]1 q4 A& W' k. [ v3 t
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION $ x1 G- `9 h( P r* i 1 _- V9 t" S, O) A: YChina 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. N% [& ^$ b, V 8 F; I! Y _1 p9 t9 rGovernment 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. % t: o& a( e/ a, U8 m. O9 W. \. Y ! ^4 |8 Z# v3 ^( h! JComing 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. 4 ?7 q% G) \8 ~4 i7 f! [1 j7 a; C# D2 t% Y
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.8 m# Q. m: ~4 l
. i! E, o: h' X5 |5 ]2 A0 d+ S( l4 j# oChina'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.' G* B; Z. t- \9 W9 ~; h
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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. . ]! A' H9 V' Q0 A- D- v - e6 ^6 F5 }0 nThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 1 v& m# A, L5 U9 E9 }* |- P6 R4 T1 B( ` P' a2 t
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 S2 G( x, h, C3 O
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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. , t0 z: Y3 k5 n5 D- X+ v. T& G. J6 |
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. ( @2 a' M0 h9 V, W) y' J ' G k# G1 T% M. d% F + }" d2 m" i6 J7 V& E, b8 C / h5 d; W5 \4 R& f- h$ PFinancial Times
