% Q5 i( u) C6 z9 p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。) L* C( } w) a9 Z& t1 g
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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。 . e3 p3 t1 g6 c: n8 k5 E7 ]% a1 _" x! C9 @5 ?( g# g# X8 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。 . C4 {7 f1 ~, i 8 f n7 e1 u9 o6 f0 y/ |, H" I7 {/ A; b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”。 ) D% ?6 }( z! a% M, x Y% H& L- s1 e1 ~' O6 X' ?% B* R
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。”# a, W9 u" T( c& g6 [; q, v+ L
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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。7 I7 x4 e3 t: ~
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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。 4 d: [0 I- f" X3 J" h: u! `" D" }7 x
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' \5 o9 t1 i/ E
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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. 1 s. \" f) A3 z y/ Q 4 _! [5 t: }: w7 i: o8 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.+ y1 o J7 K* u. v
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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. & i+ r% _. {- A3 z7 a& ?1 a& U- _4 j( e1 h& M9 K) t B0 w
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. 6 K: o) r6 ?- i6 A( ^8 ~ 8 _% {" j8 C8 V9 k# D& \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. - I% G3 ^8 ~. S$ T% L; C ; ^( J/ b) @! z2 I) Y- J* h4 i5 oThe 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.1 k2 y, G Y9 S I2 v
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.; a. v2 h a: h
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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.” 3 ~ i1 e5 w+ w! c! [ p( `# X$ @' J: W4 m' A9 ]7 c1 R
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. $ ~0 m( Y: Z5 U x% j2 R % h0 E) b, |) T' Y u/ I0 `1 pThe 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 b' _ l0 i2 _9 S
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