1 X' ~3 S! h- n6 y- ^6 q4 a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。” . t" s: M9 f5 |7 n& u. N6 w7 p" H: s
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。 - f1 N: ~8 E; [. v# }2 Z- C$ `" i0 h7 M3 x
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$ z- Y2 T5 K; ]
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai . S! t V" h% ~8 l
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 \# M9 n" B0 l2 E : f# J9 |- P5 [. E5 V # ~( C2 z& v9 q3 [3 X7 gBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ) `( ~) T+ t, _2 N. t0 H7 l. g2 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. / `( K/ Q I; u3 Z8 c( ?3 b9 E$ s n$ [, Q/ a7 K P6 b8 b
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. ; Y3 T* H, @$ M' q& ? 0 L9 s- @, {# S% I6 X8 u' {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.4 L( k, B. P' x* @2 u
5 R; p* ~1 v. t0 O; T- Y; XThe 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.2 R+ h% E2 m* W- ~3 H+ w Y! }
, Q) ?& w8 H6 W9 f1 cChina'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.! w6 a* E+ |& k. X, M! d
5 @- ]5 v! Z, R$ D# V$ 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. 6 j% p4 b. l7 e2 R: w" E# ^* I/ K ! r3 N0 E5 T' k/ XThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 O9 A3 Q! g; {" ^) P" o3 u
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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.” 9 ~; W7 I: Q4 U% c0 h) [* b3 m: E/ @+ l, X+ X
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.! J" N' l- m( U6 V( d. C" h% h" r( ^! I
* j1 ^! _. l7 m- f# s6 QThe 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. , V6 x; v& H% B+ T' e+ q0 w8 Q6 }4 E+ f _
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