. T2 C! |7 \0 _9 K$ i' ~& b |9 F$ m" z由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。 2 `4 U( S3 Q" X1 Q2 K. J# E& X& R0 @ 6 d8 x! J8 @4 I$ V. j
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。 $ b1 p5 G; r. a, `' O2 g0 G# A d& c4 M0 @. M3 e
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。, O, P; e, n* { m2 s" Y& C
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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。 G' d. `1 k& E2 a! l0 i7 l2 }
+ u' D( ?& ^! t' b! C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”。# k5 ]+ L& s4 `6 i& n
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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。”" i! B6 o/ v. W7 r4 j3 h3 ]6 V# E) O
5 W( G) x5 V& ]- Q: R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。 : z! j/ D2 ~% N2 P/ I% Z- Q2 n, G* F/ q# c! }& Y
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。- n1 ]5 S0 F7 M
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # x$ Q3 B L% @! e$ sWednesday, June 27, 2007 7 d: x |1 a& U" ^$ h' Y* A+ I$ S5 R- `# A. ^3 r
6 y! ?& e8 ]7 ^, z; \. |BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ], ]4 O0 I, l7 t# V. K3 u( G& T 3 ]# w3 \/ w @0 ?5 w# PChina 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. . e$ G( L% ?, ?0 g9 f) s, x& X$ @' i) Z! Y' K* V7 _
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. 1 Z) }- \4 ^6 S5 ?1 k4 L2 i% q. R" B5 ]2 H+ R0 m
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. 7 Z! s9 w( ], E* S, C1 c! M1 Q! g- p: z
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.: G9 n ?# E: r
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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. 4 {* w7 z1 d7 b 1 E) K3 t7 @0 o- N5 e# c/ ^7 }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. : d9 V: ?$ U; f/ ^0 q8 _6 L+ V" X( e- ^& v2 W
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 4 Z2 h+ A* S. }" _ 7 b: f( ]; t0 ^7 \. [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.”* i0 \) z4 X" o y
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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. * o( p/ Z; A, b, \: I8 j+ n% E- G: g9 u' l q4 W3 k6 A5 g8 _7 v
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.. B9 \$ E! g: ^) ] M/ x I
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