[中国新闻] 中国加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序

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& m- o. X, o8 ~- G- G4 V0 x* i; E中国以产品不安全为由扣留了两批来自美国的食品，并警告要加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序。
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中国食品安全检查部门昨日在其网站上表示，政府检查人员分别截获了从美国船运来的柳橙果肉和杏脯，因为这些产品含有过量的细菌和霉菌。# ]" \  Y! e) Q5 X- o, ~& @; j7 q
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由于美国不久前爆发了一系列有关中国进口产品的质量丑闻，因此，很多进口商会将这项公告视为中国官方的一种报复。
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1 X0 z5 i  a% ^/ L8 w9 B% V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。
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) v% i: T+ N8 U* O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。人在德国 社区1 b% A- O9 [! S

! W- f2 G/ ]: o0 l! R5 S5.35.249.64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。
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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”。
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; c# U9 t, h: t) A. y7 V+ ~5 i5.35.249.64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。”
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4 C  f4 t, f6 c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。人在德国 社区; n; i2 N  t+ {  t- w% T. F
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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。: m0 t4 D- n' ~* k

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* |( ?. [& V; g) M. E人在德国 社区By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
5 p! n) S5 V+ [9 K% A人在德国 社区Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ( c& T, X! a. I* J2 k+ T  C# j
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION人在德国 社区! O% U) S- {/ f  h/ E8 H

( ]; `% P7 Z- C5 `$ f% L! ~, AChina 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.
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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.人在德国 社区3 @5 j, K" {" X7 O1 E5 L- Y. A

) t( L+ h6 Z; W7 ~  cComing 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.5.35.249.64: C* i+ |3 F/ X$ s6 ?3 F! `% _% o
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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.% n2 s4 a2 v1 B' H
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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.
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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.
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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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.”
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8 H" `: k0 ^9 q, W/ g人在德国 社区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.
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8 N8 C6 d$ o% \( D+ G/ f4 B人在德国 社区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.
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