' E- b4 O$ b2 }2 q( J4 d' H" i8 V& `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。 ! j+ h; t7 {. Y# [" ]2 N B# C& N- f0 G 4 f* N( F+ D' D! t; @" H; p9 L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。 & ]8 o* p: ~# U9 U% B3 }. ^ 1 s* F4 K8 M, z6 }3 M% o2 E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”。" P5 K5 a. V+ _: V* V
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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。”3 A; ~2 Q! F- L, H
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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。' I% v. U2 W) s0 V- ^
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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。 $ P! \; \: Y/ A- C " r* e* P7 _. H& |: `2 G' I2 P! }4 n3 S2 o6 e- h
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 2 `; E8 H$ o2 f. I" k. ~5 w% {Wednesday, June 27, 2007 & x$ j* T( e+ a+ R. f
! j5 y5 b3 Y. F: k; Z- F , K. Y; U9 `3 I9 T5 T+ K9 hBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION * J% d4 K5 T1 } M' k 1 Q- r. h: f/ Y6 NChina 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.: d( G9 R; L$ Y9 o ?' J' j& P2 l
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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. - K! `+ w" M0 ~) Q# ^' r- o1 ]- h- E0 I3 s. m
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. ( f: W/ k# }. S& R. n+ o/ F2 G7 y% L$ G6 `
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.( k" n# N( _/ z$ x: y' c
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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.5 f+ x6 b- P. W
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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. , P& p4 L. A3 Z- U: P- ]' F& r" q. i, r8 ~) @) N
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' R" e5 H7 S& C1 F9 X
6 R$ o* |9 I: q; h2 V0 a- H: k% ?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.”; Y8 h' Z" E9 @6 P/ m! a2 b
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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.* Z$ U+ e4 I7 q3 B, k! x+ O
7 Q4 w3 r* O' D6 V6 SThe 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. 5 g, p" e; W7 r' O p 2 l% I! i0 b7 _# ] \- z" ~/ C- t! n# S7 G
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