) g8 g( l e0 O3 I- R( K( ^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。 , C. d# V" A/ r2 U ) Q9 ~% c5 k9 h A, F3 V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”。# y$ m, A( Z% G, v. y) A5 e
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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。8 h9 x* A ^' G5 C
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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。 % L/ R8 K) b/ `% ~3 j& Q! R- X T }
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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. " Q% |6 X3 m- `1 a8 Q. g1 ~0 n4 j# C5 D& q: b3 y
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.8 {9 N6 E0 ]4 U( T R3 U5 A
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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.( f7 x; K0 A7 z3 ~1 h j
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- C7 o) y+ `8 C* T0 nChina'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. 5 g% ?( @5 j- ]) a+ p6 p# _: ]6 X0 e* L" F" G3 \
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. q" ^- F/ @: @$ l. r. r" [. d- A) {* z
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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. $ t/ S/ L$ [7 L, A - B! V" z3 h/ i8 ~5 P% FThe 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.; R4 t& U- @8 q1 G" I( Q* l2 i
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