! a" u2 e* Z" B8 n2 T" X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 C5 E; f6 C& H' @# e: ?# z- z , W# f: R8 J% V) K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。 6 ~* b* g/ f$ ]8 k : |' |& K0 T, @2 @2 v: X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。$ Y4 v. D1 K8 }7 A; t( J
! N6 \1 m# P* o' [; L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”。 6 l2 J$ _3 F5 n, Q0 t2 \. @ 5 u% ?' N% r+ U- T1 [8 ?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。” % Y7 W3 v6 n: j/ l( N0 p3 a {& d. o; k( o x2 j$ T% Y
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。) L& Q: q. ~- Y, \) y( o/ e
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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。 " ~; H7 B) J+ _( Z; t; t4 u% R . R. p' F2 p0 w' v' g+ w; a4 r; a [$ w X. @
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) O) u8 y0 o3 A8 k. PWednesday, June 27, 2007 ; H( B0 p+ ?# @6 x5 C
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 0 T1 a9 q: z& t4 W! Z U9 p" n# R. @& k8 `
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 T& i+ V C. P+ r9 L. n2 |- v/ r, d; i/ Y- J
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. * l+ V. z5 b" ~# q4 a" Z% G( L: w+ ^ P8 [& G: ^8 f, i
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. 8 W; r9 `" E+ ~8 q$ Y5 O/ i H4 t$ ?; A) y) z, M& L
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.2 S x4 [5 Q% H. i4 b
# t. X2 p: P. `, a" Z: I% YChina'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 P3 U3 n+ o/ C0 f n1 K. c, ?9 w4 g) M' g' OThe 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. ! e( S/ F; h$ D+ A! c/ ]0 s( y4 _- U: i( B1 b2 l" s4 M( u' G
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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.” ' n3 s' Z7 g* }0 c: ?' `; P- z + u2 R9 T" u, g) AThe 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.0 o: ~1 M3 l. D) u
' r8 W E* L @$ X! ?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. # B% @! \# [3 k. ]# ~( q, m! M5 U; {9 B$ \$ R, G& r
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