. P4 U4 Y/ e5 @0 H在声明发布前一天，美国监管机构宣布召回一家中国公司制造的多达45万个轮胎，原因是这些轮胎存在安全隐患。 8 b- Q# @/ A6 a1 i/ Y: {+ y, E/ B. ^: V
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。- x" s& j4 u8 X" D, v8 R
8 e; j8 `' v9 t" D8 z e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。 2 f7 \1 P& {7 n, J4 X . |3 u& m/ C% M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”。 & J) [. _0 q" P& R) D4 l0 x! V7 @) @0 z5 \: m' L( X$ t1 e, n- A. X0 b
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。” + ^8 \+ d/ y) Q: o6 S5 Y7 p7 ^( o$ \7 s \4 Z+ Q' [. 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。 $ ~7 ~6 T; T8 E4 ^2 O 8 B& C" c* L1 z& ?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。; b$ H: D" N% s) Z
; \; m, H+ a' |/ D" d7 e ( x7 C+ j8 C G& ^6 j' l! L& XBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai - M k. U" K: `* n) w- V, F6 @Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ) V4 B! t) _/ T, c- a) H ! Y; @; m; b& ~; F) y6 q1 j: g& o4 E9 ?1 m
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION Z' ~! u7 ?+ h5 l0 D% L ( ?/ G/ f; D, _4 Q# v: @# t9 @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. + s. p' `) \2 k, e7 D 6 _+ S) N- q$ g' l9 c; v7 J9 pGovernment 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./ O) n4 g* o m y7 K. J$ U
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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. + ?6 \; J( w" s7 l; H7 d/ V9 v s" ~, p" j3 d
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. # x, {! z3 @: x8 f g, S- R, y) h2 j! 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.% y, ~. @" k0 t: @% o" O
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) W9 `6 s6 E+ T0 B8 h; h- W NThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( y. j. C) O7 c, w. ~% b5 s' j 9 L4 `9 E& g. I0 uAn 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.” 7 |3 z" u1 X& l7 S; i U$ r2 I' f2 I! Y; 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.$ A+ a7 Z- V3 {. C7 u' Y, 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. / v" d: ~8 m7 ^8 E. L7 Q/ q* t e/ k# n Z$ Q2 I
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