6 \" ^* c |/ ^8 U# k1 Z0 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。 R1 H- W" U: M/ P7 p+ {" I v/ B+ 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。- H1 J' ]8 G ]# P8 U* y
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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”。 " m3 }- o& C3 V: j # `! j, o; O2 C" q) D4 [; N. V* I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。” ( Q) o1 [! G3 a6 A4 Y / u4 T! [; o9 V6 s7 X# J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。 * m! \5 B' G0 F- b9 F9 @# G 6 w$ _ ]1 B9 f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。 % w7 {3 {7 U. y: g6 j( ]7 E, z" ^6 \( L8 s) h+ v0 Y8 p/ x. J0 F
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & x; E1 R0 e8 i9 M5 f- Q! OWednesday, June 27, 2007 5 \2 n3 R2 c) \" I7 E8 H0 j 3 O/ m+ f9 @ Z/ o5 C- M0 b( ^! M7 A& P! R- J* t0 S/ z [! K7 G
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& E- s# Y9 E$ z1 |& j
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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. $ _/ W) A+ y7 A; A ( k8 p) v: b5 Q" v ]! n1 _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.: z) v: X$ Z6 R1 b6 w5 t2 {8 v
& l+ g3 P% ]' _0 f# iThe 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.) S- w; W5 \# a* `7 n8 w9 G2 n
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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.0 q/ j# y: A6 c2 y! ^* ~. M
' {; j' m, o- B2 QThe 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. ! V3 J0 i, W: H) u: L# h+ _6 V6 W , \1 P- p7 J# x. H: a. {The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: e7 x4 Q, y# T* c+ b
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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.”8 b, K' s% v2 w1 Y* ^" M) q a% Q5 h
, _2 h2 ~$ h& d9 [! rThe 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 [5 x& `" N$ `( C4 F, i0 @. M* h' {* {1 e; H9 n
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.! N6 ]; t* Q* d6 k
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