3 U; w. c( E; ?) d0 B5 S4 j! {3 [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。) A2 l) @& _; \% G8 G
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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。 , a# k, ]; _/ i. Q1 k5 H! O, A6 H" w( K0 L* z3 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”。 & |7 }2 c) n# z2 v& k) G , m2 Z7 H6 w5 o- _) a9 b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。”2 C* P1 m- u: y! U" v7 b
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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 e8 D5 [2 A/ J5 G) T$ P# j' @. B" w6 ~) x& g% C, b
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。 ' l4 ]+ G6 u) `( Y1 u/ D& h5 q. H8 V: v& S
7 N$ l4 {. {6 B# n0 g3 H; v6 k% |By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai u. U" l2 |% P1 d
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 0 d( ?+ ~, F' p6 l8 {8 y ' I! P0 s0 a* r8 V3 s g, p: W" @$ Q7 w6 J4 D; c
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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.: G9 |7 P# ^1 C( P
) X5 H+ b6 s$ x0 V- h. E! F' 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.+ v0 G: U* B+ \5 v7 v
) `% W* u3 M- ?0 x& dComing 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.5 |: M9 `* L. P- E9 X+ J9 w
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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.1 c) [. |/ R# A: _9 ^8 X: h4 m. A
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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.( M8 p, k$ M# Q
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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.7 V4 [2 @1 f. J6 L# X) d& f4 e
) l8 x" l \" f5 xThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; W- A" C0 \; M v9 d
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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.”; B9 L/ K' |' I' ?4 h1 O1 G
) ] d% y6 D: b8 o# e5 q. bThe 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. 5 f& [, E* R+ J+ E& k5 e; ] & Y0 M; D2 x6 S9 J5 p7 DThe 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. + @/ ], j5 i0 _1 x! n6 y- G+ @1 j1 ~9 S2 ~8 M
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