p) s6 J9 `8 n' i1 L由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。 ! G9 n! k- h' p8 v9 S z 8 N) \) w( B x
在声明发布前一天，美国监管机构宣布召回一家中国公司制造的多达45万个轮胎，原因是这些轮胎存在安全隐患。5 H, h; z( Z' a5 @9 Y3 S
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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。 {8 b$ X* u4 J& F+ V H" ]8 H& E
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。 & @: |+ k% Z) N4 k- n$ e" f4 e1 G2 x$ |, o8 K
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”。 5 K4 l% `3 m# d2 A( [( p, R, D/ b 6 O2 i6 r$ S, b: d1 _$ @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。” ( b9 L" \5 |# B5 ]5 f' `, D2 V5 G2 Y7 E4 |' k4 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。 : a; S0 `) `7 g6 |+ `, ~, o! y. n' d, D. j) X& C3 i
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。 " M) ]' |; [8 ?( B. x Y4 M3 B# X; Z2 a# s' E ! y/ z- L* l( V" WBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai & U ?; i {/ l0 T8 q) z, BWednesday, June 27, 2007 . V R* n! U* h
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 A9 Q8 \# Q3 [- D( M, Y1 f1 }, x9 P' U) E
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. 5 e. T5 T+ t# ?4 C- }6 \! d5 d$ Y8 E" F % h- v0 o7 i( q9 k" N9 U$ X0 [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. 9 i; [5 O% @, O3 k3 }# ]" s$ g0 @" C( |
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. . |; E5 ^/ |5 H5 m5 e+ |! H- M * C7 d8 H) r+ j2 }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.9 t- S3 q$ w- t5 `4 V4 Q
2 P+ r9 u: s: B# i$ p+ ^: aChina'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.* g7 ^# t3 O! k r* y" P
4 w7 ~% y4 o. B, [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. " i. a2 i( L: ?* A; z* K" ~2 k - m( C8 m; N9 A$ r! A4 Z! wThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.4 ?0 q, E+ |5 ]# s! v6 B, Y5 K
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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.”7 J* X& n. e7 k# l9 b T
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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., K3 w7 e. J2 B" C) y) k$ I
' a5 t/ \! W& ]! k8 gThe 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. ( W. |6 @0 M/ a! S, Z4 f& K. p 2 ^) O3 H/ @, t n2 L- N* Q' A/ c8 v# M3 S
