; K/ x2 t* X1 W7 Q: z% r m1 r. S- 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”。 $ _- w$ g8 Q( o w8 h& s. q9 J" H/ a8 r) x/ n; @( d7 Y3 f8 X
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。” ; V/ \. \6 U. j# ~ 3 r' r$ U4 p1 H( s' q7 D* q0 D/ j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。 . Y+ Q. z5 r( `! z( j) F3 ?6 E8 k 3 A' J c1 @% o1 R7 Y$ J K' v2 q( 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。8 E8 l6 I- B/ E. w y! `
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai # J6 l* G3 H2 s/ c" DWednesday, June 27, 2007 u- o0 I' C! d% `; X$ w/ V% s: z! i# w
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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.3 {) A# J, T( L& @& O: u0 h
$ q4 m' v1 B6 e$ o# S( p: I8 K5 xGovernment 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.5 Z ?/ G- I( V$ P& V9 l+ T* E
+ |: m. C: Y6 p% ~6 {1 jComing 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.! h' _- T4 q& W8 K
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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. 3 }. I0 L8 }( w! U! H, J+ Q0 r( ^; e( n- i; u5 [
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. 9 b' O2 n9 p/ D( P! n7 B5 W$ O9 d W- b* h9 w) i
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. 5 E; o% Y. V0 M. }2 e2 M # { z$ U$ G/ Q: PThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. $ ] v* W- v- R/ h% G4 ^# A/ U. }# y' y* ]; t% O/ T
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 T0 R/ K) L8 S( ] w2 P( X5 `. t& L6 o1 R2 c8 w/ Q) s: r9 M
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. : n& H, j" }# \1 ]( v1 ~) L+ R$ r0 K; o$ `
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. 9 m& C1 k+ m1 n8 ~& ^+ T% \) [* C5 \, T3 H- f: E
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