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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。” ' c* R6 W' e! J4 S, J$ F* B. `1 J& |9 f9 P+ m+ S1 {$ T1 e& E
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。/ P8 d/ v4 y+ s9 e. N
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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。 $ j1 |9 _$ y. q% U# e% r. x0 W% _9 z: S# m9 D1 ~+ _# Z: V& Z
$ g# K$ l" J' C# pBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 I' C/ R5 s+ i2 P& X
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION( C' z2 `3 S' I$ F
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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. $ t$ B: R5 x+ V" X4 a , v2 ?- n L6 M" sGovernment 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. " e+ H" F3 j6 z& _# Z0 l8 D7 o' @, Z c1 c$ Z
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. ; P- t7 G( P" w: t# D. n4 r 1 h& H: p5 p; M5 v% a+ j$ {% M0 @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 }. m H% D7 u( I% Y1 C7 y& s" l' h7 Z* E! l( O- u7 D5 y
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.2 j( |: [: [: f0 v( A- d0 ?
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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.* m( S; H) q; S. j& q" \6 H$ _
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ! P8 `* K: C; ]7 K& [# n" ^0 f( G! ^ @
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.”" m4 T1 b q) x7 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.4 i0 l7 Y. Y4 G% Y# _ e
+ t7 Y# I1 E; G6 |: ]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./ W; T- u1 h7 h- D( n
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