[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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2007年6月27日 星期三
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. [0 I7 e2 o0 w0 [5.35.249.64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。人在德国 社区6 X. m2 H$ e9 \8 O" j2 E
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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。
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" h. C$ {' m2 c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。人在德国 社区2 r$ |/ r, X- d$ b% O4 ~0 |: B
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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。5.35.249.64, I  X+ e4 h0 L/ i% K: l

; n  u) S. C, n4 n) X7 m! r2 ?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。
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9 F. h4 `: N9 ]2 I& w( ^" T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。6 w% q, \6 D* p
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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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0 t4 O, {, w6 u! r7 B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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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。- y; Z  A; b; s. x# I
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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。
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ; I2 x' ]) n2 Q# X. G; O
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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8 t# z4 z4 G( R' S% ~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.- G, A: q: A, D

* a- t& E. X, i9 X/ t9 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.
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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.5.35.249.64' A: |$ k+ P. O& m7 P/ H1 m0 v
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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.
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0 B4 A8 P# T# V1 U  r0 ZChina'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.人在德国 社区- L, |5 X% E% n6 j9 @6 s

: G2 w3 B) e1 o, {( v& R: e, k人在德国 社区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.% _' a* I% X! C& X8 y

+ r) ?! F$ s9 uThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.人在德国 社区7 ~7 @+ T  S2 G! j! }! M, o

1 v3 Z* u* a! N. y5.35.249.64An 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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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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+ J" L5 C. h7 H3 W$ |9 |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.8 z& Q" `$ [& c$ K0 ~
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