6 M" M+ [! Q+ E2 [$ o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。9 u% O( l& r, m. C4 O. j% e
, V5 S% b# R6 \4 c1 s: r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。7 t$ ?" V. s& l' y, y
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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; S# J3 I" h* S2 k0 F
- m6 O, A" p7 b2 A/ g _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。” ; |1 T- X% ^3 z5 f8 _' X5 p& D4 d, M) x* l v* x, R- i
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。 - C0 p4 n }" i R6 s9 j* v/ X4 k6 I$ V" m! @4 D
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。 ) G1 K4 O5 b, { 6 c5 W( w& Q$ } 9 u0 R& C6 H Z* h& rBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 |& w4 q2 x. W" QWednesday, June 27, 2007 - R7 \9 \8 G d
/ B* @' h) P) t8 r( Q( H 4 H% F0 v2 y* m. pBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; w- P- c3 A% f. S% x3 b. Z6 A" V; g/ N
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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. 2 A/ b9 N! {+ F* Z! F1 T+ T' O( c- d0 z a6 h# R
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. ! T' m) e$ u1 ]; f; Z/ x& p5 }0 Q# k( f5 Q3 b
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.. k2 O/ l1 i( |( h" I! P) a
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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. ! r7 z) W$ a7 H: Y: D7 {4 f2 w: c; R 1 i4 Q# u6 G/ o3 ?- q3 y! M9 zChina'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.! W/ I$ f7 }9 {% o
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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. - R& v$ o. g- A% J2 z - C* X# ]9 m4 n; M3 s* P7 d. SThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- X5 H& S* m6 t: w a
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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. ! G' g* s0 @8 k n- [ T8 x& r, z, z, m( q! Y
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. [: a) j/ F: a* m+ R* D5 U- e5 {3 n- K4 O- G/ \
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