( t) U3 B+ z) u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。 ) I$ U# G3 W, _4 ]" n8 p8 @6 X: g( x6 v; `; i, Y# w' [
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。 ; x- R* k; f$ j* a ( [: I- a9 C# D) a2 y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。9 d( f8 _: u' b( `2 W) d4 p- D
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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”。 ; M2 f, t1 o3 n! m" s0 N3 ` u. d$ W2 o: ^
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。”6 X; F( ?: T9 K. f) d
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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。8 j# I! }3 ^" O S6 F
2 Z1 L# U/ j2 C" W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 T" C0 j; l, {& M% N% r/ T; ?' q/ i6 q8 j; m4 C" u8 m* {
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ C# {6 B0 s/ p' uWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 ?+ V J& j' X E5 B3 } ! Y' ^ c" r* @" f7 `& K: W5 j! y3 O* b" I( U* S, T* f! B
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 k4 m; u, X* n+ ]1 N/ M& ~
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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. ) r7 z% c7 J1 p2 @7 X7 [ - r8 b! l# ]0 }1 aGovernment 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.. J# \2 G- x; L0 a2 S( U
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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./ }, H5 e n$ R3 H% m0 q j
0 X* E4 d7 F& a" Z/ c- {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. + a+ v2 W5 s8 R9 P0 Q6 L. G5 J8 T5 H
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. $ H* R( m+ ^2 V" n: f9 m4 H2 u+ U! z5 `6 z" V
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 A8 n; z$ T! W2 ^( n
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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.”+ U4 O$ q5 ~& P0 G
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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. , ^. e* {/ A% c/ w 5 J V" w% K' K/ H 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.8 I4 e# K" t/ C* @, z3 P/ g0 n3 y
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