5 G9 Q2 G. l2 g" z* H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。 / J3 D4 q8 v, B8 X4 B9 { / p; X4 b" I9 D N/ [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 i& r1 |' M$ Y6 c, \
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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。/ E* T0 Z0 L5 O* b* Q3 Y* I
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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。 ( Q' ~+ \- y" l7 U( L3 N" Y1 t6 D0 |* [2 @ W
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”。 L' P) L0 \7 {. r, F1 u$ S$ |5 i& S6 j0 ^; h, p1 Y9 Q3 O, x
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。”9 n7 s' }2 T" H+ M/ o
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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。 : T1 h; o( B, c- x 8 w. p+ C! A& G0 M# l/ Q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。 % q3 T8 Q" Q Y/ y1 E. g' Q: }5 s9 j' c: s! k/ _
1 c5 R9 }0 m. w& fBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5 L$ A+ Z. E9 b7 h* pWednesday, June 27, 2007 - o! @" o! N' q. U7 [
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7 F6 A0 u7 B2 |. MBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" P% `" m' G1 s) K* D5 Z; L
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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.: U/ R* z& O; P6 R; z+ T/ n; _
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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. " p# z2 P4 R7 S; w! z% L " F* R3 a% w. P" N) H$ s* 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.3 P/ d, l" K' r1 `3 l, O
8 @; B- @9 ~$ H# GThe 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.' K# f5 E7 T0 F, Z/ U+ \
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; d, k! u( @$ _! I0 O/ j6 r1 }' K& v; _ `The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ U: a, c6 u4 W' j+ D5 z+ Y 9 V5 w! `9 K& q- FAn 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.” 8 ~. v8 u! R. K! r/ {# i 3 E b) l. s& m2 L9 l. Z- QThe 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. ( M2 @- G3 g% t$ } 5 v/ U! }% I& |9 ^! ?0 z2 |( M1 h" KThe 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.( q9 i+ Q* {- \8 C0 F# K
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