0 _" N7 m4 n3 {) i9 D& F2 b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。2 E5 U" h, A8 e! p: O" p- \: x# p
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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。 , B' m! n, U! a K! _, |5 n7 j, P6 b4 N+ u+ K
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”。9 C4 N- R8 k; l$ W
7 P3 X4 T7 r+ A4 R& 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。” * T) E- Y7 e a R) R. P$ i& c" X+ ^, ?/ U
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。 * H# k' m! K+ Z* G& e2 @5 i( X1 i$ E1 | ' @0 l* z8 \1 K9 H! S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。 * R% }- K; q8 g5 n: C1 ~7 P* Z2 T9 u# M& H4 R- P0 ?- f
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 K5 R# i$ a) zWednesday, June 27, 2007 , I) i9 g7 z R* c; E % M; l) S+ E( x: R+ l% b4 h0 [# [
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ( y6 d3 t! B0 e+ l/ f# K( j7 r8 y0 C& s* T0 A8 V% B; H
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.* Z& j8 @$ N; L Z
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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.- H5 A( s, f: `9 l) d) e
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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.& L( q2 x7 C1 N% [
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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.( y* Y6 x4 B8 m9 d
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The 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.- M# Y G( j8 N3 p% J
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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. y$ t; Z3 k% A& ^, [' U7 @4 {5 c0 W6 v6 N/ G0 u
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. % A$ U2 {' |9 g) j! Q" c, {' y, V+ E& d 1 r+ \8 r3 K, P0 s7 K8 j' G" b# f1 r0 s" @. B, f: V
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