" {" Z8 E, ?/ f) h6 Z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。 Q, S. m, L, f& L. G
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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。 4 ]7 e% H6 z; o# T3 u: `# u r ( a+ g1 q3 N" x9 _' H# P( @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。 ; b' Y# q: E; s" D) s* Y- [ : P3 }9 S" N& d7 M7 \' r. k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”。8 ]% P. H. L" z
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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。” * S4 n0 q" m! L* r) V. y4 ?+ h" X; z9 c3 I* a6 x
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。% A+ n. ?$ e" s( `4 S5 {$ ]
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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。 , s7 D) r. E/ h* J5 ]5 Q( A! y$ s H3 [
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 R% ], j7 C# @0 y3 h. L8 t9 J( }
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ( i* e6 |0 Z$ g3 i1 e4 Q: J0 t
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; F! g% U- C" S * R5 [: P! }$ F% HChina 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. ; _7 P: u: ?% \# l* e6 T2 q/ p. Z" M& w
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.( A% K' Y, Q% T- ]: x2 `$ x5 X) {: o
2 l/ R/ y& R# q7 I5 S5 ?% @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.* I" p F% t( E$ m* H4 i6 ~) ~
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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.$ r5 X" z; a" e4 z9 |
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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.1 L' ^6 C f: Y7 S
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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.3 b/ P7 ?& V1 {: k5 A* D. r! z! a
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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.” % @+ l! f( W, d" y4 k7 N/ P# n) j: u
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.4 r8 B3 P( g d; V5 _; b
9 ?3 e. Z" |' d$ ?$ U( ^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.' S) m. W# c/ ?6 e& S- C4 a, @
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