7 z# P/ j& u; l/ X% f" | O: u* k由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。 [- B# }2 z0 }7 [0 h; B: l
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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。 9 V5 I6 a D5 G" e9 e0 z8 g5 d# @6 ^8 x$ D) P' m2 w7 O
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。 : D$ t% K7 M0 p% Z7 i' U6 J; O+ n4 s' j8 `$ H6 X0 T8 a
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。1 G( I4 o5 u/ I& a9 g- s
8 O9 b% Y, H! Y0 n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”。 " k2 |5 C8 c/ d, H6 E 7 s5 W0 {- Q, m( B8 |' S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。” , T+ q3 P' i1 v b8 H1 I* }8 q4 n6 ]3 H5 C' j- O1 [
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。 + E5 f- u* M) J' d+ g$ I4 }5 }
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。 . V' F! t. M, a" L7 E8 G$ B9 _ 0 l4 `3 o7 u$ S' V1 k+ e! ]* p) k. \3 b- Z' H3 x/ i
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 4 s9 b: I( J k9 e- U1 v6 v: i 2 u4 ]& Q1 ~7 G, }' z o" 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. ; @( k7 V! l6 K# M: o6 O6 S 0 p6 X$ c$ i w' H. M) V% @+ nGovernment 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. . ], V) b' H0 l% \3 \( m9 U* i5 f! [. U* n' T
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.4 t3 U9 C. m9 h% L# [1 d5 ?/ G
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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." K& u# k0 e7 M# y( V# P
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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.”# h! ]% z( I6 g# x+ x; s U
- O/ e+ z: k1 s' Y2 UThe 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. " w7 S& T# o, j8 B) h( _1 Y2 L. {) s0 I0 r+ Z" w8 J: L- W G
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.$ L8 \- Z' x- H/ Y
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