8 p0 M8 ]! z3 @* d$ E+ K) T& N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。 1 ?9 L1 U' w h" ~4 C5 A9 u 2 ~9 g) u* W( u2 y: f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。( |% w5 P4 j' _6 D8 A
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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”。5 f7 n6 }1 K9 C; D0 T6 H+ C
# [% v# o. d9 o7 s2 X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。”2 l. U+ t M1 f0 ?
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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。/ B: l* W1 q* ~ v
4 v0 W: [, a; f9 m9 n/ d9 K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。 ( G% d9 |3 ^2 N; l/ O9 [/ s* M4 E0 }, O8 f8 }' a, S
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 Y: V" P+ C' I1 Z+ C& V e
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 7 R; |- x& @5 N9 Y9 H8 a6 W + N' N- [, t: \8 P4 j, F% t6 |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. * B M% w- \+ r9 S$ g' s q) E9 M- K9 w; P+ B3 U
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.* d. T3 ~) q7 D
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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. 2 R2 y7 j" A% X" ?5 j0 r. T# Q3 `6 \. k& p1 o" z+ i9 ^
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. ! V% f* k& Y3 |7 F& U 5 G/ }! y+ f6 N8 _5 g$ u! XChina'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. ' U4 L* _8 S# H# c- _ $ N' n$ P0 E1 c3 m! {+ q* z- DThe 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. 0 o7 d. Z+ T2 ?! Y c* p* M 0 e8 J( K3 G. a( `( T) RThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. b+ V1 D+ m9 ]! L% J 8 K: _+ r( u* u: ]( p8 D. JAn 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.”( N( w4 S# L% v
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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. # W+ q1 r" W, g3 v | 1 D! ~7 B x" r1 {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. . y# I2 P/ W9 X0 r* E ' I# Y. T( u* }0 J5 l# [" O, { O) W0 A/ I
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