7 t, U- _" ?" C( F4 X" 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。 7 Z3 h$ P6 p6 T+ B : V& q N+ M8 ?; v- e/ l# E& T6 G* ~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。 % S9 ? ]; s `# ]6 A4 I$ I0 j( Z, R $ d) _: X* e& X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”。# ~- s7 A; z9 {
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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。” ( X# h- s9 w9 D6 s2 [; }( z" ~ s2 H, L2 R5 O0 o9 x5 L5 J/ Q; c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。 1 G( q1 ?/ t7 u- I8 ~" U" I9 ?. w0 F# u! P! X: T, b7 }" i, O5 l
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。 , x5 G3 [3 G. v3 j0 H6 t5 r2 H8 o, j# I, n- U0 [+ w6 r9 }7 j
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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. # M% H j8 M) v) x; R6 M4 u0 C3 ]. a9 G8 \
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.& ]# |; Y( f% \
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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. 5 j3 \% i4 s# n" j: e @ 3 z3 f1 e" \+ U6 f0 U# `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. " {& W& d4 c' T5 a8 ^+ l; R( `' X) P
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. ) k3 L' C8 y; J 6 j8 f3 n- B* I- w, s2 f" v \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.' Z. l' T3 @, V# H$ o
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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.” # o7 u* a1 O5 S: S9 q8 V' I$ g( M7 O& ~, ^
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. 5 M) k$ Q) g; G& O I8 I# X$ w" s ) X1 g; F3 e/ ?, hThe 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. ! C9 m! E& J& E4 P- f : I4 ^, `8 u5 ~. c4 i " @) _5 e0 g$ \ z, z 2 C* @0 o- |9 F- E/ q8 RFinancial Times
