! b& P8 l. J/ H/ H o) X- 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。1 @+ v. W) L. Q( H/ z6 Q' t
8 e3 b) a) W& i# A$ J. k; p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。; c( X# n6 x Q
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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。 * Z. @' j& W3 Y8 e [7 T6 R$ x b$ p$ Z8 r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”。 & q+ ~: C- k+ f) t7 b9 `9 | 8 B1 E8 j, z: H/ ?/ b8 b! d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。” U2 L' i5 f" A9 h' w6 |
- ?6 G/ l: i. v: ]) `) i' |/ g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。9 { a( L+ P Z; v
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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。 ! h. E" O$ _: d6 l3 j+ R: t; H * s: T; s9 X/ h+ p / w0 @3 r2 I/ \By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 J* h/ i; A& I* Z
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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.$ B7 D! k* s9 D V: g
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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 H6 [; v& [- c" T( ~. K
8 A. G. H! |% y% v- l; sComing 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 q G% d( V( A5 k + Z& P& g, R* k5 ?1 X+ iThe 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. 9 b1 E9 A. S7 s) ^ 1 ] [4 L' e# w6 l' X3 x0 m4 LChina'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. ! [: ~6 g3 D1 B! v5 M1 t3 f8 ]; S6 g% e3 s- @2 R: M0 g0 e
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. ; m# K2 B( T) d2 t7 _ {& V! ~6 T4 ^5 B
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”. 6 m! q3 c- d/ `4 H) z6 U/ u! R% J% N0 s2 O6 B
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.”7 k y; }9 b) T; G% w
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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. : L. r1 s5 R* ^# z I+ W ' e9 a% @* H3 Y' m8 b # }+ }) m* O7 W6 A, K 0 L0 `: m8 L# p; qFinancial Times
