( F7 E4 C; i# O6 P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。( J# a1 E7 A6 V! l* `, V$ }& [' w
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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。 + E* l% r. H5 \1 `; | 7 V" U n% Q' q B# }* S+ P% |0 P+ d) F7 r. v* F- e
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & \# v' j0 M! D5 D3 b
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ( U! d- w$ Z x; z 4 ~7 e1 s1 g' W6 {; l$ i+ EChina 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.. A: l/ @( o9 }3 r+ i. U
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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. - |5 u7 z# [" p # X9 \4 x. d$ U. I oComing 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." d: c* t2 I4 r+ o5 t% }8 c
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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., X! B5 Y% a: D; ?, W, s& _) O
7 o# ~" x2 v, i9 N% k: |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. - p+ ~- W/ G$ l+ t6 U5 ^! l; B3 o2 c% H- y5 \
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., o% J$ n( I2 w8 ?7 J( K
' D+ u* q! Q( y6 F& QThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * R M# t6 ~ W5 B* l4 U. _* t% \( i- s1 f
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.” + C n4 \* q3 m8 C) m 0 O' T% W1 {5 _) @; Y! u3 iThe 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. 9 P" X5 P/ }0 v4 |: W% s2 S9 W# u' R, Y h: ]
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., x! E$ ~* x- M* A* A
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