! V. {, O2 F5 E& }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。”/ S9 ~6 C5 y0 ~* t
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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。/ M* [, a; p4 H4 [* ^4 C
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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 M4 B+ d, U$ K- T9 r 0 G" P8 i7 s8 v1 | 1 ^9 z3 M; T* W4 g! I# E3 [ uBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 6 o* N7 k7 r8 p9 V# q
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8 S/ G4 C3 ]" c6 B1 Y
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& _) ? P% E& Z9 i. Z9 S! T6 K
5 I0 ~- ~+ K9 ]6 B1 F3 {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. 8 e+ S. p: m- t- b9 [. Q/ J! K$ F H0 b; Z7 J+ u* J$ \
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. 5 q+ R+ Y; K, \ - Q1 a* d6 [6 }9 L, a3 |( 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.8 Q. s* _0 D3 I
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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. - @+ v+ S) L: y" a1 ?2 y6 W5 B. k6 h/ }$ L( W
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. B& c$ o4 w! T" p) k" i7 ~0 Y3 e7 \* l8 u# d( t) i7 D# v
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. 6 ?1 ~9 o3 `; t: ]' l8 K5 V + I5 h; S3 a/ LThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.4 m/ D4 K0 i: O' {. E7 `5 R, Z" V
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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./ U5 _/ @6 C- K
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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.8 o. Q3 R t2 V7 T
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