" A3 ]0 F2 M/ N k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。$ ]) @2 _7 A. W- N! U! ?
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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。 - E) y# Q. ~/ V. W+ t$ T$ j) Z ) o3 }2 Z9 M, {2 N p" a d+ a: GBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 @9 y" [7 @3 x c& L
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 9 ^$ E& K. S$ ^# I+ q. @ & K% {3 o+ w y; _& jChina 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. ! m/ s f- z3 c7 u# R) O9 z; ~0 K/ d
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. ; j5 \' n8 _0 K) T % M2 s! I4 c B ?3 _- QComing 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. R u2 G# d5 }: s l/ |+ O0 y O' u
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 n2 w; A2 W/ P( \ V1 N; `0 U, a3 Q 0 b5 k0 A1 K9 v/ B) zChina'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. ) U7 j0 }( B" o- A 7 z( K$ w+ {0 J. i/ WThe 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.8 k2 P |% U" g* Y$ X
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; l8 f( d0 k+ e2 \7 C0 s6 k7 u
8 ^. f6 D& B8 ]* _9 g, ]6 b: zAn 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.” * M* e5 c; q& Q j ( L/ v: P7 r+ V9 Q# g. y+ FThe 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. 1 |8 |3 r/ W( w$ l5 b, s* J! [- w* ~5 P4 B( t7 i
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. 5 ~& x: T) ~9 e/ j4 \2 W" K, a, @+ } D+ s( f
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