3 A P; x7 E5 m; c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”。8 x' u* X/ Z1 `& Q4 l8 o' ]+ e |
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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。”. m& n# v8 s9 V. d+ i6 M
$ a- I1 E3 [" c5 E" D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。) P5 E) l& p. O# {& [1 Q, T3 N P
' |3 o* G+ w! z# k7 A2 c: 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。! P2 | m9 Y! [- B3 Z$ Y x6 u) _4 [
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , t8 z" b( r' W1 r- g* r. ^+ e
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 H7 q/ Q* P/ f0 H& W# N 4 ^8 Z$ r/ i3 J# E/ ^, Q/ oChina 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.6 ^* F2 Q, G0 ~3 e- L
6 {& R1 y7 H3 i& W0 z! GGovernment 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: F \) n( c( q. F8 k " ~6 P& G" z8 E: i, @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.9 @* C2 T: ^, D! j; z
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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.- C& p0 c; @# b V
4 f" A$ v2 p: {$ kChina'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. ) C! C" x) I) E0 Z, ^, d9 g0 X2 m) _0 \8 q q1 g' N
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 H' W3 {8 l0 x( a6 } 4 K& U1 T* N! i. i; ]: ~( u+ WThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# _1 V1 C. O3 j* f) g
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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.”. Q) w0 E- `* c+ ~! S: ~' N6 q, l
# ]. S% u1 c/ [/ e$ c* X7 vThe 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.: z0 s" I* I% M& x, r, I
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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. 9 t! L8 P! x, q- ?3 _& ]$ s4 d, B* E2 R; k/ @4 ^9 `
