7 R; L# I: s6 s3 O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。$ p2 `# a/ G9 A, g4 n
8 t0 Q6 m1 O1 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。, _3 i* l4 |- a4 {1 H4 _1 N. q
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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。0 ]9 m( {- v5 t$ d' ]6 E
a f& W, q6 F# d: h# ?3 h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”。! _+ ^8 b/ [6 c3 `0 [9 b3 W) T! U
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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。” ! s: p( q1 F' e7 K $ I# L" u: ?+ c8 H' K1 ^) X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。 1 [8 N# K, D! c' c* }3 ^8 t0 z( G( C( Q) {# `, R) \. R3 }
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。 8 p9 _' J! t, P0 |" z4 h- l $ V: e7 |' @& ~# L3 h+ i D |% }: c3 B! U7 b
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i! A" H8 z! S) l ! \( D2 B* H! x+ LBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 8 x, w& ~% W7 X7 R) s / \& @$ H5 M& a4 PChina 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. 5 ]; R- l8 R! T& @) a- j$ i) H& e# w/ E4 O4 E# |( q" 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.4 f* h) G' i5 I; _3 F; B8 l
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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. % w6 U8 l. D6 N/ k" w6 x2 j 9 s# |7 _ [/ U) E; z) `& G o8 NThe 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. ) B" r/ f/ I9 D8 ~; K# |0 J5 y4 R
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' e0 u: ?0 u( N7 l9 n6 P
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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. 9 |* U( ?7 u) b1 v2 I3 M8 V" o. K. G2 j1 |8 y+ c4 Y5 A. f( f9 z
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 x5 x7 d& ]) M
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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.” 1 T" S( ~4 C+ Y* y' T) u1 P" a1 T
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. z: a6 N. z; e/ v
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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. 5 p: E! _2 Y1 s- h" b& k ) z. c, m4 z4 G 2 M, R! z F N2 P( Z% C7 J8 c7 q/ C. a$ ?- P
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