0 B7 v; D' X' _2 _3 x& F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”。. T& i2 F" r- J" F- f
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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。”1 Y) S4 a" g. t8 K0 p, b9 ^8 s( O
0 D% Q0 ^. w' t' }/ w2 B/ V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。 * w) ]2 s; @( L ! m) `3 K" ]6 ]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 B0 u7 X6 q4 p) ]5 `) o, R9 N0 v5 ]2 |
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 3 e' t8 {+ g$ k% ?Wednesday, June 27, 2007 1 P& s; Z3 I* [& D
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 L; @# X7 }! o5 c- c # E. p: }8 @' D3 _& ^' a. jChina 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. : j# Q: h( S1 E- H: w5 t A3 m) @) k
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.9 \- v% I9 e6 q- ~( ^ m
- S" X; z( i" R/ GComing 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 t% H0 r2 G( G' M0 e4 R: n! r; s5 o. Q9 l h" j
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. ( @: E0 n7 a9 j! l: q 3 i D4 f. m, c* l$ j! {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. $ J! E6 _/ d, Y ) `: l' N: m: l- \. t6 kThe 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.4 F! g! H5 B% p* C& j
$ r* V' n9 |. E4 Y8 fThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* D6 I- t# u i9 Q
5 X H- |0 F0 i4 A; p; VAn 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.” ( r6 m# r5 O( u* Z; I5 g. U$ c7 q3 w# I- a/ n1 ]" ?
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. 6 c, h9 Q% z j4 P5 V i4 e& ?" @+ m9 fThe 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. & Q, k' ~9 {- Y; r 2 g2 d9 K* o# m7 _ i7 Y& l/ S1 p" R8 E$ e$ k" U
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