? P& S5 d* O# h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。$ W' b: v( M8 n8 D4 M1 P
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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。* G2 m- ?4 s3 f$ |& m8 _$ a
% b' O6 ]; C6 g# \* [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。 ' n0 H. T8 m( F% n/ l0 B. ]; j* f1 t! X3 g5 H2 y- @, ]
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。 1 {7 V& I! k7 l/ j9 H/ i, [, y * g- j4 \& M) @; t2 T/ ~0 Y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”。 & _/ c+ @/ Y, } ! V0 K1 A+ s0 w' U5 d0 C4 O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。”0 I0 e( Z$ B* i# \' l
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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 ?0 p; `% B% B* x / D- j! ] v8 C* c+ \6 d) S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 m x2 F8 N9 O3 @' n+ @8 c / q: c, ]+ y4 Z; Q4 E7 n, W' w0 y, } \! B" p3 Q" r3 o
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1 a' r( z Z" L# dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION6 `0 h$ H+ a" 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: U; M& m6 n5 q" U+ g
2 w1 s* X7 w9 \" X9 R4 W0 mGovernment 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., ^8 l. q" f2 Z& ~
& t9 T) I5 g( s5 z, a2 WComing 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. 8 ]3 j/ ]' m! u" ^ ( k5 Y, ]' M# o7 LThe 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.2 p; t; ]. J8 @
1 f% y% @$ x* D7 `2 R0 q S, M+ dChina'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.+ M3 g `$ o7 y! c! K; m
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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. , O6 v4 ~* k; e7 A 8 A: t% B* V3 j* `5 ^3 BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% `/ K( d2 D7 H# G
' l, c( m% E4 C- w! X) zAn 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.” ) q: k; X6 }1 G: Y4 j2 u" \5 K; b Y0 s' X7 j- E% P0 u4 N' ]
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 d) _+ @3 a9 v9 S9 l/ q0 a & b8 B) y- O, `1 pThe 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/ p; J0 Z1 F5 U, B6 M- m
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