+ d1 J3 B1 U, k' Q/ G7 |+ ^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。# K8 y* P4 w% o- P 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。 2 q. e9 e) u* i4 m( E+ O ! Y. O1 \, Y" m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”。$ h3 v2 ^: R" l7 C' G5 K
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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。” ; Q+ l( @# ]% [/ q1 T3 @1 t3 c8 V: b- J0 ]) c
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。 8 g4 M; X' |1 P$ L , v. F5 m1 |; U, Y* q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。 ' E1 O$ b+ d. E/ E7 | 8 o- n9 D% Y' ?8 b) S- o 8 t+ a( L6 Q6 [) N% `1 n0 DBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; A5 ~1 J3 \5 T* F! S5 h, C/ z# G
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4 m- b# P% K: l6 q8 f 8 a( [) f7 N6 Z3 ?/ h8 v3 L( i ) Y1 Z3 }$ j) j7 {' `BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION & F% }, R w, s! L4 Q5 M+ i% h$ t' Y0 |
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. & y' T9 {3 W8 N' [3 d: G4 `$ E4 n$ e$ w
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. # P6 o% a# G0 N( ]8 _6 l # l' y2 q/ O3 m* M2 C' f! rComing 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.: m. k0 V6 [, r: Z4 v B
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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.& z, U2 k6 A6 I% ~' W
4 a6 d* \1 b8 n( M, i2 VChina'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.! _& V+ {- m% Q. q5 r
& H7 ]' ^( D! f7 p Q* l8 L" T& m& ]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.6 _( g. r" d+ I5 K# |
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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.”$ o8 h! G' P8 T5 T- H
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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. 4 U+ U2 C: d3 [6 h; N9 j $ G( f* u- p4 `3 r4 G' o4 Q 9 z: z+ `# T) t* m ; [$ H* B$ @7 h' W7 C! q) D4 `1 sFinancial Times
