" r) Q9 |, K! y% x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。1 f. R4 h T. u$ I- o- d: v
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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。 - l2 o. E; p. Z : y9 U& @. x. z1 |6 E" B7 B+ 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。 , i% Y& x+ C# n5 v# t& P $ @& d- a6 d& F- V+ F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”。3 _; ^( u z! i$ W3 A, T
) l) e7 Y w( l- \5 [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。” ' q$ W+ W G* n: H1 u 2 [4 s/ s+ g c M K' N1 R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。2 q* }( ]; `+ d' q N& @
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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。 & |- V4 L7 X/ x6 M# S9 t- }" e9 Z 5 ~( w* r3 g8 `6 n4 Z4 t6 j; y9 S) n! F/ m
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 7 [# l+ w7 f: U2 V& m5 A4 E" _
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; g( X" e9 \5 T 5 g6 h8 Z6 q1 B: L [BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION; \/ T7 j4 {1 E
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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.& D: }' K0 \ }- @+ X" ^
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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.& \& ~/ ~8 a$ A/ f
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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.4 i4 B" O& }/ `# t% J6 o
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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.! F# A0 H+ J$ J! W B, ]7 g g
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" R8 a4 {9 V6 iThe 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.) e/ M6 X- I Y- B2 R
4 P! | B7 @/ N6 G, s& xThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) e, q6 V& i# h/ a
8 P" i- e% } O% j* d) p- o) _6 w& RAn 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.” % }' p, [2 P8 Y3 O) K* d, p% v* V( ]: ^9 S. |. D+ |) {8 z [
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. + X: g, m, `6 j, G- \- m. @" n# h" j) |& @
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. / C! e- r% z9 ^8 r) V) O2 s - r6 @3 R, J# b4 |2 O' `. K. g; C! c5 g" t- f( Q( e
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