0 I" a9 `4 r9 t7 M; X" B, m# Z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 c: q+ t6 Q1 V4 d
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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。” " J; |5 q* j& y/ ]1 U% j . g! A; p2 {- p9 }: o( U, p1 ^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。. J2 c, v3 J7 Q! M" t6 Q
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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。 + d7 H7 t9 R- o3 I2 }0 C+ \4 f7 r2 j) V6 {
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% [+ O: i" T2 Z
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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. - [- S3 ?9 |6 j& E ( t6 ], A) ` S' |5 YGovernment 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 T! `" t. I! u1 B3 p$ V 5 V& V( d( t$ F. {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., a/ |: h6 B% S; v$ u- l$ d
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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. 6 R A/ ]9 k4 m6 a& o- q * g- [& S$ B9 j$ J9 S+ W+ o' D3 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.: j$ X6 Y) h# Y6 R3 y7 F
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. / ^9 J a; t( x* M0 w T" d& H& w0 D$ ] [9 ]5 q
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.” & N9 l. m6 r* V* q$ S3 @! }9 N5 Q# r0 z: }6 ]8 F: F0 R
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.3 K; H+ s# g" P, Y! 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. 6 b* y! y+ z, ]. W4 }$ g) Q9 w: x& ?4 ?) \8 z( l. u8 `1 g
; r" N8 @) \+ f5 F4 u + ^& x" g& q3 e6 v' V" DFinancial Times
