& c* E5 g9 r8 L% [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”。 5 D" I, A% y/ ?# m9 L1 L1 c$ r: |6 {, H& Q. @% g
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。”+ ?+ p/ G) v" B( m
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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。 5 u9 O: X8 s0 d" j 5 u }0 d! r+ F9 P3 Y; ^4 ?: T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。 $ V5 V0 H2 }2 r % [: O. E# B9 i, [2 U6 y/ P" m" j1 G% ~% Y# O' Q7 S
By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / O n% {, l" N1 XWednesday, June 27, 2007 , T( y: s% y. i7 i! X' I7 J+ G; i* T) P3 p
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION. y- y8 ^, G5 g
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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. % u; p: b+ g/ i- U- b2 g! {# P; K. G2 J; f% w8 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. " b2 e s- \9 K I& l7 q- C; w. c" q5 T) w
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.. F0 J7 g; O7 L% g( u' V
% a* [' p2 v) N% PThe 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. " a6 G i1 M v! L, P6 r0 I- h0 s$ I9 _8 ?
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. - v$ b0 C8 b: k e) U( r ! N: g, k3 R+ B8 nThe 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./ n, ~1 D& E4 T" A9 {2 S; m$ u
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. ( U5 u# E- h# R* y; Y5 m0 @: K" N, v+ R+ ^5 }9 z ~1 L
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.” 6 n% N/ i+ h' w6 S8 _1 R# [/ @! P, j4 W
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. ) h( d' i6 _2 l* t* N+ r) e, y' Z% q 9 V* |4 L% ?, O8 _1 v7 IThe 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.3 I" |4 k$ b8 n- F$ C
