1 S# I' b9 l. _% n4 B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。) n' Q8 G1 o( x J a7 M' |7 O. z, P! L
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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。 . L7 j3 b5 p3 e& X. _: n ; N: s/ C5 q# q 4 O( J v% ~, K& w+ q7 B! nBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai Q8 X: q' i. b8 O+ P) j
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION , s' F- L6 J3 j# A! a; m& N3 L& j/ X9 o) C4 y1 M% d
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. * W* U9 t6 k+ y9 N: c( B3 C5 ?* m3 y% s
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. , y. x. n$ ]* G6 b, K; b; e ) M1 F% y2 @% v, H% i; @) a0 sComing 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.- i& N; E) E2 }
! H: z! S* u- E) a2 B4 J4 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. 6 Q+ g$ y$ O) U1 k' J1 l6 R+ \0 F3 L6 P% 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.: e+ ]7 M$ T9 ^
- j- n, b; k; v0 _9 t" Y1 x5 I0 |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.: _" ?( x. y* a7 ~
* \9 R* o+ x1 x+ I* vThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: b5 W8 N- c$ }
, s3 M y2 L* f" [& dAn 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.”0 @0 {- L- ~* l( i8 [: M
1 S( o, T1 R; n/ A9 l& 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.% z) e& o8 U2 X! V: @
; B2 M$ i5 r8 G; L! p% KThe 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.8 D! C4 R5 Z- `3 o' c6 L8 q
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