; y r& z1 T |; b0 {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。 4 k& P6 x6 t8 ~1 C1 Z; [+ t+ G4 n% O# d5 c$ A' b7 `0 ^
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。( a5 j7 D! S, P( U6 S3 N
- m3 y* d) |; P0 @$ D# |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。$ o. x6 J& i, I( @- P4 i
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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”。 " N5 w: r/ l% {8 Z* C0 r6 _- `" E8 O! ?+ {
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。” 3 ?& E, G ?8 E! g, X- E6 d. V4 [! o' b0 t2 |5 @
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。 - p& H) s% W4 @% O$ K + m6 `* E3 D1 ?' C5 z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。! P9 E& a4 ]2 d8 c/ ]
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 9 Y8 d) l- b# Z4 F 3 R- K1 p* y3 w$ K- x* t2 g @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. / o; o# w. t; T" W* H% X @ ) B6 l- F9 r5 q" i$ q0 {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. , p3 w5 j( F1 x2 p8 x2 o8 J s7 v- r+ h1 y
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. . G$ P% O0 a6 d! B7 u' A( D8 @ . E) e! M1 a( NThe 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.# d9 N7 P) D) w# y
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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. 4 B+ R- ?8 c6 Z" S. F 2 c; [* @0 Y$ u, b0 RThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' F8 H2 a$ l" v* n& Y- P! r( \$ d& ^) N Q
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.” . H7 z) |8 J* A- R4 I# Q o4 b" K; n p2 _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. 0 h g( b! B4 s" b0 X' h4 s4 \ ; h* |, x7 m) y/ z0 }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. # c0 ]2 N; W" [( P# ?) l0 E/ {5 J' x" F) Y; k
