" N. p2 D# N/ I# F" J$ j, @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。/ T. X- B: t' A5 ~
+ F; R6 F; v% x! ?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。 ( X$ [! K5 z. z e$ z- _% O: Q; W8 g 2 `. a* ~# W0 R+ Q1 D, @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。 . k; d9 @0 L, { ; u; o R( s$ i% U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。 $ P2 y2 X5 J6 Y 5 q4 L' r# X% f0 s2 p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”。 2 E2 F/ M& i- ]% s3 F3 P: A7 W; f- V( T _
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。”: f" e: h2 w, ]( Q, Z/ t
& Y$ }8 G' b0 O. B# r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。* g3 r3 f2 l. q1 j" n4 v# t3 ^4 L
; Q2 E3 t, ]% m$ @' g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。 6 A' F0 b8 A; f0 w* X1 } , I+ G7 b7 a' _+ c7 n7 @( }# e+ a9 m' }$ }7 W- K
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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. ; ?2 x# Y3 m, L 0 B, y) j3 t/ l& s* ~& QGovernment 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. - z- D0 n' F5 T: B: _, X / c! B; V7 ^+ M! y9 E' W2 G: }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.) W7 z8 `- A3 x% z& ]
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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. - y. |' N5 a* t$ U9 d; \7 {$ `+ ~ $ D/ U' I( `& |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. % X0 p8 @ }" ~4 |9 X3 ` 2 X5 E' f6 B/ D$ b& R- w8 Q9 L; {+ BThe 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 r9 {6 D9 G8 n* N7 Y
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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.”) a: L! a2 a1 d$ q3 T
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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.% g) I0 M7 N' v. d7 g3 g. d
" N* W8 [ ?( Y( nThe 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.5 U# `2 J$ F; G' b8 E! W
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