( P9 g0 Z, c7 F9 v! l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。& e' w* j7 P/ N3 P
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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。" F: F9 I# g8 K/ K
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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”。0 S+ n( K8 d0 q2 B2 {
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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。” 7 K8 b9 H8 ]+ z" y 2 Z* T, j2 q$ z/ G; h4 D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 w) A3 O) Z/ C& h, v4 L$ W4 M/ j2 H* d% C4 K
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。3 I m5 q5 |7 W9 l* V0 W$ p0 x
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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.% ~7 N' p$ ]2 b; Y
; L% x+ u! s8 Z& w! ?9 }( w3 fGovernment 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. + y3 T6 T* B' W$ @# M 2 [* n+ O: T! R: h& ^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. 0 Y, Z+ n4 D# R7 } ( z& X& \ e0 I8 q% t: |; sThe 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. # @ |) D1 @4 u# B6 e/ ]& o, L+ n3 P) n3 f1 Z9 w: J
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.( r7 |- Q1 m( Y2 K
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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. ' {- @4 |8 v' d2 `, X6 Z8 L4 v 7 W! W4 h% T! gThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.% g6 u- K, J3 `1 Z' p( b: P
1 N" x, a9 ^! ~8 e$ O# B$ u( p; gAn 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.” ; r: m3 N9 g6 r9 J( d p6 K . n4 k& X; B, k3 uThe 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.7 e( l @, t8 i4 V
# `- K `! l% M2 s6 x; H. LThe 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. $ d. [7 V6 Y% X7 R! Q) c$ M6 x& X6 Q& _% u
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