8 O g3 s$ R; B/ C" Y9 v! g3 G在声明发布前一天，美国监管机构宣布召回一家中国公司制造的多达45万个轮胎，原因是这些轮胎存在安全隐患。4 u. g1 p: Y3 ?9 V0 X# W
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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。 , h6 T8 d; w# ~- Z2 `; c; X _5 b ( L" L- z( M# d7 l7 r$ X$ ?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。 / T! u3 G* o4 O( C ; c' X1 M M& g' p8 e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”。 7 }3 Q# j4 B# C, r* y7 F: f9 Y" g
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。” * A& M/ }: h3 n/ P ' z* \( y) A/ ~9 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。 5 o, h2 y( W5 R/ N: r1 X$ K! X e/ p. w5 M6 ~
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 B# ?, ~! x0 R* o8 R9 X+ I
2 B+ p. j7 j: t) `6 f: M5 h* _3 b : r Y0 z6 g) m7 ?4 d& \By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai , p% R L7 \" ~+ |- f. u4 [- iWednesday, June 27, 2007 6 R u" J' @& u8 o& b- x
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+ \9 y& {3 t; h! h6 O" D$ J3 ]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.# h8 Z- x$ d) ^ ]& C
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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.) I: t3 F# m3 V- G, Y; B4 x
0 T$ ? P& b' h; @7 jComing 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. # w; C/ ~ Z* W7 f* ] 7 D$ b/ |7 V* hThe 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. + j3 m! f) p; o ( s/ h& E) z2 n1 H3 [# ]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.$ Y% g+ Y) X0 D; D- n
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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.$ R6 Z& ]# D$ p; d$ c+ `
% u; v! n7 @1 \) B- S" x! a4 A2 rThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ' K+ q/ u! g( C( |- D$ S& l, h5 e
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.” ) ]6 g! l) }/ [. r5 K9 N5 e% z! {1 v( p) B
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.2 V7 l! _5 s+ J
$ q& A' \+ K& n- e/ \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. . O; g, N& k4 W7 k: b0 e, Y" d: X& E+ F1 Q1 K) ?
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