$ s q1 O* Y" j! V6 o; A: x( h2 L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。 J9 n+ ~' |: f( E3 q# G& ?$ A9 X1 D ]" Z
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。 0 ?3 v H4 L( z; ~/ s1 C* G- \* r4 h6 d' L5 b
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 2 M7 V% N, a1 D0 F# _" A
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7 u1 C- g* f) x8 w2 N: gBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 b Z& ~, U2 F; q! _& V: L
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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." _- s: i3 d% S, o% u
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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. 6 y9 V9 R. G) B2 D( U, A5 H N7 H |( N! n( k" T& y
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. $ J0 I- I( ?( {% c& ~) g9 R & Z- k( l( Z, e, ^$ T( fThe 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. 1 ]2 X3 N$ f u2 ~' Y X! u# G% P" l0 J
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.: H' f0 M c7 [
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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.; {8 |+ m4 `+ w+ Y5 ~9 ~& [) Y
! @! P8 D: s1 c& RThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) \& @% C5 A7 f, ]0 F
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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.” % L9 g. c( |3 _; v1 z ( t, Y2 d! ~& E/ @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.- |* r+ v! z: T; ^6 K6 u2 Z
0 ]8 Q# D8 e* r2 q8 o& b/ HThe 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 b. v* A, z$ Z s; q
