0 I I# H) d& H. N. o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。# ~! b, x! |/ D x! A% |
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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。 9 P- t' P; K" G: S' A- C) l0 y, t& O! }8 ?6 J
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' k: e1 Y/ `8 g; S
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 0 K2 A, s+ p9 h/ y; C% ]7 ^* z) q
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 2 O# X) F7 D2 p9 _ `! B' r6 l& f x. 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. 8 i/ H) U9 [% X( v0 a+ ?# M 6 e* J( g3 Q4 U4 `8 @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.; g- h" P+ h: {3 N
/ ?& d4 C( u/ `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.. x, y% V" R* p. B- u" U
* \% O+ [! M! h1 y5 D2 P 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.9 f+ y3 u! ~( t! D \
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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. % j8 k1 ?( N; I7 g' B9 e " x/ h; v: b" ]; QThe 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. ' p6 O4 w. M' J7 @. h# `3 [ y u" p+ Y1 f* r
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% F" Y1 t+ N8 I. G. q, y2 v0 C
5 k% O) D: C9 R3 m0 [) I/ i* MAn 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.” $ h. T8 ]. y& K, r" v1 @! j2 U+ R# d: E
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.9 k7 r5 K: {2 q4 e
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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 E" X6 S" l' f, W$ M
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