4 _1 s$ Z) T8 P( d- p' u0 N9 \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”。& X0 g- p k1 M
3 m1 B1 L/ |* l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。”. B9 h& {$ J( E+ c+ Q! `* q
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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。 # L; w" m- U$ V# A1 U+ F$ u( I ( L7 W( b# }8 }0 k+ r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。 8 k0 U P' g* F/ C" ? ! E3 y+ [: ]3 G5 P# T7 Q) j' X) w J( _; y4 q0 ?% G
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 F6 s m) b* X# {9 q j% F( hWednesday, June 27, 2007 # K% ]# N: O0 h9 N7 o4 i; e( B! q: }- B4 p
5 l) F/ v t$ TBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION8 ~( G0 n- F( a% u- t
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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./ X ~1 z$ \8 i
7 J3 X+ T" Z3 B( S: {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. ( L" ^( W) z; D9 x 5 e$ O* v6 N: T% C# T H. z+ ~; w- d$ {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. " f* N; F8 J6 J% M8 ]3 F+ `8 ?% R0 ]; b0 g2 K
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.7 l; B1 z9 m$ ]: z& J" L" b
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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." H: r0 k. ]# e, i" l- B! O
! J) q! J2 K6 O- c1 R: ~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.; Q( F6 \( `5 R, l$ o" r" L
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. % }! ?/ }- K+ }5 s; \4 o4 z! W* x! |+ y% {/ j$ Z, b o4 P8 M
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.” " ~ U, j0 R9 Z. x/ w- ^ 2 W" p3 |- k$ S _$ \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. & p) `. h7 |' g/ h, W3 B% D8 I$ w* l& 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.) {1 P4 ~+ {- L4 }' J" M+ \
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