! L, M! {) b' d. {' C; ]! R7 |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。 $ P! c1 a/ B; G1 E ^7 L , ]) F8 n/ m. E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。 # X0 k1 o6 \5 r2 }8 f7 i8 A E/ c, f . D5 W/ U8 o: X0 K1 W7 H" _% f/ q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。 `) T v( z# q+ M1 o$ o
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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”。$ u, T% s" f1 K& j% T. o7 S" f
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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。”' f* K1 T z i' O4 d3 }& l3 {% o
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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。; {' v6 T* ~ Z3 |6 V& J6 a0 ]& Q! l
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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。 , C; l& |, }/ E5 R6 x) t) x2 l& f
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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. 1 a5 i- s: L0 F" r0 r5 _ ! \. ~- x( x- p" D1 v5 \; aGovernment 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. 3 f" c. r. w6 W ( Y9 \- q3 l& C1 EComing 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. ' V6 w2 I6 U" v0 n! {% W+ [! j. d1 j . i1 k# O* {5 h0 K. JThe 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. o. s" e' S* ^' [; T# L
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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 i/ z" D9 r k" ?1 ~1 t
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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.” ' N) @, V9 p+ j) B* F% S5 a- z" h/ @8 K" |+ T% ]' n1 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. - J0 X$ T& L, J7 n! t0 B! q% {, {5 r9 @
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. i7 N$ p, X4 T- g" N7 U0 w9 @+ o
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" D. D! t) K# c: A; _9 l 3 u2 g& N9 N4 c2 c" mFinancial Times
