2 s8 ?+ a) K6 S4 w; c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”。 + }+ ~6 u4 d A; v - B5 y% _2 K. t8 ~" m% _# H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。”+ k* Y- v, B2 ?% l+ G9 m2 W, P
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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。$ m# e. `! @( k8 C9 g1 k. C
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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。 6 b4 A# N) B A8 |! p9 {' o: |2 |* o, S6 o s1 {
t$ [0 N" d" K- cBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ t! w2 Z$ s( y6 p0 |$ a# t
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0 f; ?: N9 K$ H) O( Y & h1 R4 w+ O1 H. q8 BBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION, o5 y, w( K" W6 [: e
4 f/ v& @. O1 A3 x XChina 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. 6 z, G: ^5 b* I8 e& y+ p. P* Y ? # T( m' P3 a. ]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. 3 y- Q: j# T' I0 V/ C1 C5 U: V8 j6 e S
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.* t1 ~! k# F" ]' ]' X+ [4 Z$ R
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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. * q! E3 A# k) S: T, J9 B# A 5 l# R4 Q+ L$ o0 ^2 AChina'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.( l) U; S/ b g/ I
$ r8 ^2 r8 j* e3 h! WThe 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.$ H8 Z- a% |2 S0 _" w
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.3 M- o$ Q0 y2 f' Q# ^; H% m3 m
3 x4 o. o- M6 v" sAn 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.” ) A8 O; r! m+ g* t- z7 g6 e- K; l) H; Z0 \+ U4 G
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." G n. Z- w# E( `
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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. 3 S. `, A9 n' g# w: e4 t5 |4 I3 g6 c( a( [5 a' y
