/ K: b# I* s) h# a5 v1 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! G: G$ q% _ q5 S, D( M 5 u/ }3 e0 Y- ^3 [8 ^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。 ' u8 c# A6 i& b* x( ^: e. }! D1 Y, y Y$ 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。2 |% }- e/ }8 y9 e! i& b" ?
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : N! M ]! ^. C9 \- [/ _8 b; _% U( ^) IWednesday, June 27, 2007 Z% c2 ]& S: S5 J: \" R" @7 P3 U# d5 \) G ^, g. g# q
9 h9 S0 I* f4 g. K/ z# G2 iBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 3 F7 H- H$ D" c0 Z5 ~2 [ : h, ^! N* f5 h( Y/ WChina 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.& B' a5 w1 U4 k8 B
0 p. F4 ~" C: U8 o3 wGovernment 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.6 @- K0 ]8 U: G' S6 H. Y& c4 y
* S$ E& U+ h% r- w9 P: k( `, 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.+ _0 g5 R* q# [, x
8 y1 w2 `/ D. g3 F- ^6 Z& gThe 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. 5 v0 W; Y' e! X% @! ^" i) l6 h ; O% m/ G- a9 }( PChina'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.4 r% H4 D- t( f' ]/ M( L- q- x
2 \! V) O% G( N1 I& v( o ^3 L# {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 `2 H/ W& S& l' [3 q
0 r+ _: ?% ^/ m* W2 Y/ a. eThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 0 l: K5 ]. K$ \5 q g0 S4 y s6 R( [+ |4 Q7 a" L6 r
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.” 6 }1 s8 g; R0 P 2 p! i7 W, D( ~! @, [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. & t% Q8 g; o; l1 Z% D5 F' `4 L2 q( h5 B : N; c* e9 w8 x3 ?1 p" d- lThe 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. 7 g- r% m: h( ` ; b( D# `3 r' Z9 [! Q* y" h; K8 }& ~2 R4 D: i
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