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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。 3 @8 t- I; O3 S7 {& n ; W& C4 x3 @( _+ G6 l& L* Z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 E( |! V2 k4 L: q& V6 x# F( c7 q7 ~1 e/ N
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。”8 @, l( T# b. }' O5 E, R
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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。& O5 o5 c% o G( Q4 }. `' 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。& H0 |" @) D/ L7 z7 S5 G* f
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2 \, B5 E# X0 `+ a. |7 o! V# WBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION9 [/ Y3 T( ]; T2 O5 ~
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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., O/ V6 b! D. b3 P8 r. u& |
1 e4 O2 O7 X- E2 I" [! fGovernment 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. 3 ?- [, i) M/ I) h B 7 w7 L' f7 `0 i, h; \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. 3 O8 u$ S1 a/ w5 J, s m3 \7 ^- @/ d# y # P. a N+ y2 |$ m& y/ x7 nThe 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. 4 ]2 R3 m2 {' ~8 [5 |; f* d6 `# T2 L2 M2 L X3 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.$ K0 m& \5 h: A% N: V5 V
! O3 w) v* Y2 [! \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. , R1 u" _" d, ^9 K; w; w9 }' U, {$ l
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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.” 8 {+ [* g% W: b) m( {5 \0 r; g- y2 l # T! n+ ]& K4 ?' nThe 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. ) [$ O5 R* o/ E) v' x& n3 J( Q. y" \3 S! w
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.) y# t) W i- o' P" ?& n" J
