& M+ c @5 @* m9 a8 Y% M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。0 h- h' ?# l( n3 c
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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。 1 `6 @0 D: ? I$ I, z* P- Y9 I. _6 c# Y' J
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。 7 K5 p$ r3 g G9 C9 h+ f" ? z ( _) a; ?7 `' Q# J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”。% T. R* d+ F5 Y
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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。” & V+ s' D8 e% b& I8 P 2 S8 y) c, v [0 ~5 E+ G$ Z& 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。$ i# f. H9 N' |# [4 d* Y4 M
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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。 I/ c: v; G0 j- O* h3 Q6 E5 ] ) s6 ^6 K; @2 ]% p( e6 t N' K+ g' m' w) v
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; K% f+ N# D8 U4 C2 X3 f* l6 Q0 }& z/ B8 s/ |; K R
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# R& a! Q; {6 W; W! n0 w; j5 H, w# u# A/ _! f9 U
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. " T2 j* I# Z, r , i! V( [/ k8 i2 O2 nComing 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. " _1 o$ u. N4 D( G % `/ M0 U1 g9 Y$ R5 QThe 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.; [) [3 r7 @9 g% 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. / {' ]* L5 t* O- \, B1 y9 t, s" h. s" Z& q
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." D# V' h/ ^7 _$ |4 k, O' X
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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.” . _8 g% r. s. Y L8 Z, i0 e z- a- L/ `; l. d
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. ' Q( v* `4 [* m* Z- n. G( I, x7 E) U" n+ @
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.8 \5 @" O+ ^% U; x9 K7 t6 S6 ^
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