1 Z! D* C, ~& n6 f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。. v, H: M. @/ l V0 ?' T
% Q! n) r' v; E& |* ?' _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。 R y7 J, o. {) n0 i$ `
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - K. H' W' V# U8 O% r; m# f3 A
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9 `& H1 G$ N" g' F" ?" X1 [& X! h; I0 a/ [
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION# {. i% @" c4 ^
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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. |. d# q l1 a8 B! c9 D2 F9 ]* L6 k/ N
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.$ k/ ^3 p% Q6 i
* E% @8 E) H" y7 W. OComing 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.& w6 L3 H) k' q A; D: J
6 x- o: @* J) O' cThe 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.! f2 u( V* B: F
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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. ; h4 |* K" p- P* f# p$ N7 h3 T, C1 N( H
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. / p. m6 Y8 h. p0 g7 `$ n 3 _+ y+ J: z @( Z. V, t/ V3 g; FThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . m$ J( Q" g. {" }7 o$ H" z) N& @# f4 Q2 H# D9 y ]7 T
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.” 2 |9 P8 x6 w+ u- ]' n5 @2 F' d b$ \3 F8 E+ q, T3 n8 B
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. - \8 M# t( C" `: [ 2 H3 h& y# t' B o3 TThe 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. & j( P2 V) h5 G" V% P+ S& e# ]+ X6 y% V$ w
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