' L. V& m0 }. a, M& S% d% D' W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。 : [: | e4 R" R* R5 Y3 M) g; m & V1 e' l0 x: {- X S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。 - L) L2 K, j9 _+ N' a6 a * [1 Q( S! Z+ w8 D) x; u6 S& 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”。. \% l- \; F" x4 O$ H- B' `
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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。” . D" c8 @9 V* p7 h3 Q8 v: M0 r" M: `; N* k5 w
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。8 q# y# |6 Y# T& O5 g5 G' h: p
# h \+ l" F4 t4 A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。% _) i4 Z$ k1 {
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 _; s6 z) V1 G3 K7 F* P' D2 A
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION + ]# k7 u/ y" i& @5 Z( f/ y1 `4 _6 W9 u
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. ; d2 [6 |$ l% q' l& v: }2 O' a! L7 r2 i: K+ j! B5 g3 z0 h# l9 C
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. - ]: [# F7 j" f. |3 ] $ u: b7 L- C( j1 Z) s$ P c2 CComing 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. # ^9 ]' t, ]' s; H; V6 K9 w' J$ Q9 @! h: z. Y
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. , k( J r/ T# f, R, M/ S: ^# e* _ q
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.. x2 Z$ q5 k, X$ x* @7 ~0 ?( Y* H+ X
6 H2 k7 a" p6 FThe 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., f+ _7 @/ W6 X3 D
% T c! {- s0 k h4 {5 dThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* v$ k3 s- e' m5 y
/ K- I: y* [' T2 jAn 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.”! F9 w5 }; L+ a
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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.1 {6 Y5 ~: P. T
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