" m8 R- e* {1 y0 m0 N7 H- c0 x2 m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。 % J3 a$ g" X6 G% v) j) `6 Y' ~& r! O- \
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。/ f2 ?% n c( _6 k1 u2 F
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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”。 . Z3 U9 S/ ?0 G5 R" J* E + ~ O7 \. e5 y7 |4 @ K' C5 Z. X; 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。” : r0 o6 p5 r& P: U+ `7 M$ K" h7 w1 ?: N
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。 4 Q1 Q N" A/ F2 O$ ~8 }: ~& a5 d$ [/ x/ l k, a' p
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。# Q+ l* k% ^+ H2 l% Y9 H3 q0 J
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai % t" y) b) q$ r1 `4 J- K& s s y- ?Wednesday, June 27, 2007 # [- U! b' m1 R8 T7 \" C0 h
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION % e8 h1 P( z- l4 {" H 1 y/ l/ M# Z S: l7 F2 Y7 xChina 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. r; _( t! Y, q6 U. R0 A) q5 }, S # u/ e( O% F4 [4 e/ L: m6 oGovernment 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. % S1 h- ^; l- h3 S$ W; o) q9 ? 4 M) n2 ~1 ?5 a1 |2 tComing 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. ! u2 o4 s' q R9 X3 q 6 _1 X# E8 f) F! \8 R) ~+ ?0 LThe 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. ! M$ y: @, g" r) x# F1 A% ], z4 J* o7 m# g* N a+ N
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. 7 ?8 M8 x* c3 u2 F9 \( h - E b9 U# a) y a8 n5 gThe 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.5 f& @, x* ]* A. \! |4 l
- l% Q( i" w8 D& v9 `The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. * a* J# d3 @ ?+ O9 E) M" i+ M [& s5 l9 q$ J
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.” ) u- e4 b5 q: ~, W2 R/ T% c ! |% m2 T* P4 C1 R$ D8 kThe 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 H: r! J; S8 w
3 b3 r$ O/ t8 f) @ u5 @; iThe 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. % e' H0 A% [. F# l 5 G2 h1 i' N; B% H; \0 j , g$ U x, j- ~8 Z! K( i0 Z! D( @+ N. p6 R; L
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