/ A: `: ?# |( P" L, P/ t由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。 1 x) J$ ]: ~1 C% N * [2 | L2 c- Y$ {- }' Q- m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。/ v+ f) |# Q5 @2 J2 F! v) N
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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。 ' ]1 T7 G: h$ Y) }4 q; K# e5 }( b; i2 z( O# t
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。 5 l" h3 M! \( ^2 r; }! E8 v8 Y. S : T2 ~4 b) I! u/ }$ c' g: b+ }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”。 . V, p. W3 }: G+ A' k / t' m, y& H( w) l7 A; ~; M! 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。”# w3 z* }7 K* n0 ]; t' j# i
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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。 . ^2 G' P: P% q0 p+ g# Z& e1 s$ W: b7 C9 P) U& h r5 R
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。: n" k* K1 Z% r. z: D7 B
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0 K: a" L$ Z# j! O0 E5 UBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ) a" m/ B) O/ I7 J1 H1 B5 v, j/ sWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 Y9 N! \, i( w8 o9 f
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION 5 X- U* g9 c. l% ` & X+ X! }3 u7 p% F2 m I7 TChina 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. + z- t3 h5 ?6 t4 X& F! J/ R8 F8 V. s: t
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. 4 q; v$ m; V% B, Z/ m8 F: r+ k: K t% s
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. 1 T) W t5 L$ D( z( Y2 [' H# C: T, k* `5 k
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 n% J, a2 @- _' d) W5 i3 v$ ?, v2 U: R$ Z( h# e$ a; z ]0 B! H
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. 7 b% Q3 Y5 z- a $ s; w5 A0 A2 B9 R' R/ H% H* x3 i& WThe 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.. e2 `7 d. u( R# \7 z
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 2 l, V! F2 e3 w % m1 J: g4 _2 t' L' ~% ~7 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.”, F$ O) w4 H2 a1 l+ `5 N/ k4 u
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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.% t( {- }! ^6 ?8 |7 R. m
4 p0 R0 U. |% U1 EThe 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. 7 ^# [% n/ \: L( ^6 R: ~% { 4 x% U s! r2 B! R. \" |3 \1 s' t! r% [. a$ C2 \+ X9 @
