0 G7 B ]: t5 n1 s, X1 H9 V+ T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”。 0 @" J1 _- ~; u, K; n3 W$ I2 [2 l 1 a3 f/ j, C! {+ z; E* b" M8 B# |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。” . o+ G- l1 A$ n0 a1 U. X+ U8 m! T: G0 O w+ A- L5 M8 ?
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。 0 @5 V D* u9 E- O4 I7 d2 C6 V, t7 }9 Y, r
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。$ b3 v! X/ w: D# R& ~; _. W. W
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3 c7 Y& I, h- e# E. M5 F( @' E ' S0 ~% Q" t" r # ~# D0 s' _$ c/ V. [' ]; uBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION3 G' J' A& V# P3 L
8 x$ Y9 b" [+ q# ^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.+ X0 ^0 J5 Q B' x; m' R" B) Z
( Y8 Z# a" m& V9 `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.# V+ z* T) R1 S* M1 H
+ K% W& V* n! L0 t9 }" M2 y9 k; BComing 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. - x6 e# x3 n" ]/ |& `% U0 h. N+ E
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.6 o, V4 e" k. S6 ~6 N; I
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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. $ P7 c3 W2 v# l: ^$ \$ d0 k' Q! q5 C, E% U/ z6 o2 E5 n
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.! M# E. v6 u! q: J8 V" v
6 m" Y- G3 T/ t( ^8 EThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; Z9 `( \+ Q0 |' {# i, D
, F8 u% y3 G g _# t% FAn 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.”, ~' p2 D0 }# ~! ^$ v" L+ o
$ w- g6 |- A' ~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. 2 z" F; h4 d0 Z9 W& N& ]' e. P* D& h: v# `, p
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. . Q( W3 m: d$ P: i1 Z ) K" C( H8 |6 J |, Y, R! t1 d $ f0 e. L) g9 u& \' z& z% c$ |' v7 D/ D% D( x2 \2 p
Financial Times
