; J2 Z( a8 h' y% n/ @) Q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 M: T" Y+ O+ O; L/ a$ ]. L3 k5 t9 X
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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。4 J0 Q! G ~; Y+ t
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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”。2 Y9 ?" K8 E2 x; U( O
* Z; d( r. H% \. p+ v1 x. Z7 I/ 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。”* ~' n' x2 \' O4 p( k' E* v& B
& @* i$ F+ K$ b+ z8 x4 N. U3 }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。1 e1 L9 O1 e2 ~) ^
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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。 ( {5 N) y+ L. _! }- J) B$ s, U 1 Q2 u" l" B- a; c; u& [' F. _8 X0 `' B: s. I' S4 E4 S# c* y
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; w# K3 O7 P; Z* J ] h! y0 h& K
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 i4 `- u& K; T7 i/ g! K5 j E* T! D d* K 0 I6 |. n& h0 W% fBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) ]" f ]0 Z. `& ]( G! H( r8 H0 ~" d% S- B6 B
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. 2 {* `- I9 G" ]7 B: @; j9 J, |' x: H4 Q6 q% q' O7 L
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." {2 x, C) h4 t( H( _* e
0 T: N# d. r. E( R) o6 iComing 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 E/ I- }$ N. b! Q3 C% Z ! i% U- K, F! i7 RThe 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.6 @" I% Y0 x$ Z- G
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& z3 @" o4 Q' h/ E$ _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./ u6 d2 b/ A0 G, q$ D6 w) L
; u `6 i2 L! A# \The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 x7 t" u5 U: }8 r
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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.” $ u0 C- `$ k0 A. z5 L# ~# E ) y2 W! F' v" a6 X- JThe 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. 3 k' Z( T, i- F3 _ , g: p7 I' f$ A9 v* FThe 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.) e) c; f i- H$ k7 `, r3 V
3 [& `+ x* ~) p4 Y+ n# f. D ! c: j: ]; O7 l3 i% {* U. G F" t; k! n& H7 {% t3 s+ o( C: dFinancial Times
