* o d4 U _* ]6 S! E. G, D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”。 N+ f- N7 j" C/ x1 |' Z N- U1 [! }
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。”; v0 M1 [ B7 b0 ?; b! Z$ ]
! F- w' W0 u( b+ ^4 N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。 . P, i, i1 E, P2 C8 u9 }- x4 b& R3 s" \% G7 D% K3 `5 E) }; V
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。 3 R' E9 f; |* g1 }$ C, K* y5 e( c8 [7 b
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION ; Y5 U1 C" ]) i/ q4 t; t: g 3 H& l* K1 `$ b: x X: {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. * q$ W9 Y" r: S: T & A' Z# @! M7 x# j6 j! k9 p) `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. 2 X) j9 k" W) F8 z- ] 8 D1 h3 S F( `9 @9 s! T8 V8 QComing 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. 0 J9 F; z; l7 p% n+ H& g' K# r 3 r' c" |$ l% ^) i! H4 i2 U# B+ B+ cThe 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 K- K4 _# i/ n* C7 I 3 r1 Y7 I2 s. s9 X j; c% s$ \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.: l" n, q8 c, d0 S' B' @1 [- M
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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.; n4 N0 q0 w- R0 T. a! {) J
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. . c* i; d1 y- R: F / n" N: h8 \7 @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.” {: s4 d8 o: J1 S
' h9 a& Z3 ]3 k1 JThe 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.( Z8 x1 A7 U; J. X( l5 N
$ z9 f4 T- Z8 W- D" l T" g* 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.0 e. ?1 \- K5 s$ V
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9 A. s( e7 Z! b! D B O4 T$ W6 f( F' MFinancial Times
