4 q0 |2 X+ L' o/ a9 @, u5 Z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。 3 j* y7 l$ b# |) U* t$ J* U" v" o ! l( F: {: \/ t6 \" f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。. o- v) E) f9 G* c
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 2 o8 D/ s. ]# l& v# k, h$ LWednesday, June 27, 2007 * o8 r" X3 K* h" ^: A/ O% h4 R2 U
; g* L5 T( C0 vBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 3 Q$ }1 ]1 ?4 D9 u4 G) k6 q Y6 j& n2 B+ O+ g
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.( p- v+ ]8 i- h1 i2 T$ P
2 W. V& @! \( B7 hGovernment 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 q3 G$ r( l& `
^6 j1 y# R1 q6 QComing 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. + O" m9 ^) d0 Z$ c6 o% L {$ ]6 d 5 l0 ?5 B$ x1 P- v" S. F7 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. 9 ^! V5 G. ?5 u6 {3 d2 U & u1 f& q8 |5 I9 U/ @5 YChina'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. ' F* W( A* x7 d- _* N% R6 ^$ i 1 b, H" G* ~6 p) d* C: mThe 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. ' e. U: z9 @0 Q% C - f n" k3 k5 L3 |. CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.2 N) P: ]2 o4 A! w
( [. E0 S9 P6 y! o- w3 Q2 A. C) {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.” * @3 f4 X: d8 Z8 A/ Q % f2 C' [: X) b% A+ w6 w9 JThe 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., ~2 H, B5 i3 Z6 n) T v
. j. X$ m+ o, D: `: K3 I( z' D. I" [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. 8 I( M, _! T. ^" s/ y) Q6 B& N' p5 T x% }7 R3 ]
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