+ j. m2 |, ^! l" U8 s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。: e4 a. f' D8 e& b
d R) d2 ]5 g E/ V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 y: Y* ~ r# X4 Y( r% _
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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。% P: H3 e0 ^( V" e% Q8 O
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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。. c7 d9 A/ R" G
! R- I0 q+ L( n9 j( @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 N4 h$ _ J9 z; ?" L9 c& U 2 Z+ G2 E ]1 I; s. x3 ^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。” & z7 d4 X; |, x. z0 _% _# L; Y O h$ p7 k
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 O2 t2 E4 s! n( f8 l1 ~- o2 E9 @3 u6 j
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。 , b6 j- c3 w4 ~$ Q# G# q/ |/ Y4 m- Y& k
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai : g* \& X& j. R
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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.: ^! c6 G; K2 A2 _
5 D" e8 ]$ p% y8 vGovernment 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. # Y# E3 a; ]5 j! d9 m8 [- a0 S0 }/ N$ S1 o
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.' x, k' x1 v( s7 ]5 Z9 F) S9 O) @
3 F1 }! c$ b1 pThe 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. + r" S+ e5 d* Q* l0 F) p2 Z* G1 t. n6 z
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. : [' L+ }7 G( r9 ^- _* K ' X" t; _0 f; D0 y6 `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. 6 }# d& V- ?$ _! H/ } ; d+ b5 F, n2 I+ }8 e6 w. mThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.# p/ ~+ f% K2 P& N# K. I: C/ V
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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.” ; o6 n4 H$ C4 q( q! |; f! X 5 T1 Y2 v, A# A: FThe 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.3 ?" J4 v2 z" S% g
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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. 4 i" ]" d) {; Y! ]7 J S : a0 O9 k& b& v5 ]; ^3 o! w+ n7 n5 K, [5 n1 _1 f" p% X2 H% c
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