6 n" O P i9 T0 G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。) P0 a) u9 t' l8 S6 u9 p
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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。 ' V1 l, o9 r9 ? # B! s% M' ^$ V! ]. J1 ]3 N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”。; W4 \( m1 T. v. j1 W9 V( t( l
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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。”( I- u& w$ w) j, I8 K* n
" F+ p% Z2 B2 m" e- Q0 A4 _+ q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 ~: C/ _1 w/ E; }+ k/ \$ Y8 D* u7 Q8 K1 n' T% `% ^
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。 & I# t0 Z1 i a7 a) U9 { 1 s7 k" k& n1 N& t. f8 b) r! G4 A+ Z( E' {& S1 r
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' J8 P+ K# E/ h6 Y* |' q. XWednesday, June 27, 2007 1 m0 O' d' h+ c: Y5 U % v$ r, m/ e9 \; @1 k2 d* t% p7 t- I9 k; M6 m# r4 R/ M# m
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 F) L- \1 u$ J* M0 t
" F+ W8 {; Z0 |! a! kChina 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. 7 j8 E; Y% _6 E$ b- E2 R/ l1 ]) H% D/ J5 F# U) {& H2 r
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.1 T, H+ c% X0 i$ h
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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. # V1 `) T1 Q. @% F, v& G3 x8 U- c4 a9 B2 c9 `8 A6 v* ^3 |' J% h% z
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.4 s( M. `8 A5 c0 A: N& D+ p' i: r" U
/ n f% |3 `2 }7 r; wChina'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. : s6 W" }8 C* J% t8 a& ]/ [1 B/ m( Y0 l2 z2 P( W
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.1 j! _5 F/ _2 L2 u
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 5 {! j2 i& ?) Y2 H$ A t l: s7 G% U# a6 H' {1 q9 W6 R: V* U
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.”& a' \% i' @$ v `+ X: }( |: O2 n3 y
9 L8 W/ j) L* E( c1 f h$ u7 sThe 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.4 E; s2 h) K9 r( u$ }0 c, ^. K' N; D/ I* u
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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.) t# ^: ^: L+ B- J! \$ M6 a3 ]4 i
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