/ I: @( ~$ u; `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。/ [5 R2 c* R' z1 B
! L% `" |: K* E9 A N( z5 h; S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。 : S C, q" o, j% L$ q3 M4 ?, X - I) p. M' \0 f( g) T: 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”。. L5 A# p P) T& F5 r
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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。”+ x% h2 Q2 _+ B- B- B" ]
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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。 & ?/ Z' n% {2 x9 T# ~/ h# E1 w1 i2 d9 L) X
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。 # s% M* z; [4 h( s# m 0 M7 A4 R/ u- h; B1 U# r : q1 s- ^# ]0 {6 G! U! OBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai `" N& }2 v2 p
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# A8 _! R+ i: G7 s5 d
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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.& O1 @( g: w: h
" \, C& y$ u% \. P0 w( @! DGovernment 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.& c( P7 b( [6 H `- j8 D/ m
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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. f8 D7 b' ~2 U % A! d5 u, z5 \9 T7 P' wThe 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 Q% W3 S. t, {: O
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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. ' O( e1 b4 g E/ j 2 o% y) [7 P, [; O+ O- y. M' G3 U uThe 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.' |% P7 j4 l4 g2 E6 d% V
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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.”9 \* ?4 u* }) x; ?( u" X% @' v7 w
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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. 3 R3 e$ A* a5 L! T6 j j4 Z+ |1 C+ |6 g/ b
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 B8 L5 U! G* H7 C: x7 Q& Z* F/ N+ e& o+ U7 k$ ~( k: n5 ?3 a+ K
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