$ Q! B& `. [4 C4 x( z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。 , g4 U4 S* H1 b$ n4 H / k4 W& k3 y: j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”。 4 K% h+ q* o4 P. n1 _) d. L8 Y ' D& s' O( A3 [5 w% ]9 ?- z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。” Z. H! m! r$ R6 {. o3 N
$ t: U$ Y4 t) V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。 " b5 S( l# X1 K$ r% z( W+ X & i: a9 K. T6 p+ i/ m" }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。 3 V7 c. z. E' v& s/ V3 Z% s* n3 h) U1 @. y" h$ m2 k$ i
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3 r, u2 F- l# ] ' x- a1 c/ T- e$ x 8 {4 V' k- u" q) r5 OBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& ^4 _) q9 N4 H
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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./ f# m1 L0 g. ^- V$ C8 v! R
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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.$ V3 s- x8 c1 V0 \- o: S7 b
8 x2 V+ z1 h. h6 _/ Q+ L- sComing 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. # ]' Z' _/ n& M" x. T* }4 z0 ]6 U! k* D# K
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. " I% Z! s7 A u: ]0 g1 T2 u T1 p4 v i, u4 \$ v! Y
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. $ I$ R0 V2 |; a# Z3 W+ v1 j- k7 T3 J( W7 G
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.% n1 m$ F, S: W/ e1 T- j: X `
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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.”: O7 `# I7 O0 r/ B( 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.4 _+ l! e& S, R* h! q
% U2 Q1 W. b' n6 @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. + e2 N3 v* j4 a% D0 d3 [: j2 g) C
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