" R5 d- l+ q9 X6 m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 d, K% h( D2 ~0 x ' g( j8 _9 R, H# n5 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 f* i m/ D v1 G$ N' ~0 U. Z* U) x! ?6 { C) o
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。” . |; X0 M- c2 S O 4 [! f; D" e8 F3 i4 u7 b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。 ) U1 N8 W) ^ N3 K$ @7 P& V }; Q
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。 7 Z* E. j) p$ }: H4 s) u7 Y( v$ D% _$ a! F& Z! V! @
5 I/ |! U3 O& C1 f1 i6 c& { JBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' @9 e; _5 W: k6 v; j9 I
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5 z! J# m0 H* P* ` q 0 x4 x& {. h# m3 k d- }& T9 ^+ K6 J! u" GBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION v: \ } a' w9 u9 |3 f9 N& R 4 |" s5 B3 G8 f+ K: x+ |3 t5 xChina 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. $ h. L* ?, p3 G% P5 b& M i+ W/ g1 q. m2 X
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 [0 e6 E: f1 W+ U* u
# F% J, Q4 k. v. X- O7 Z) k+ lComing 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. % E8 s! \, D( Q2 a" B5 o" [ . v3 l& N" |: Y4 y4 T2 @% HThe 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. : T4 R& z' Y( y% J8 d1 k& p; M6 t; X9 i4 h: C' i- F7 c
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. 8 j% h$ _4 O1 J3 b+ p# G+ R' f& f. D( f) G* g* [# d# l# U
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.5 w. \! r$ g3 k; B7 t$ R
+ F- d% t' M4 LThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.! x( {! l4 R2 M8 z9 y6 B, D, a
8 T: g6 @5 L+ ]$ }/ _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.” : ^* n) @* }, f; s( B' d ; q) s0 I6 C' L1 n5 kThe 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 O# ` H+ [; M' w! t5 ]" Z) O
1 ]; ~0 a7 l) K# d3 m+ W rThe 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 u8 H6 U! f3 |% y: {/ F! c3 G) c8 n( Y
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