[中国新闻] 中国加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序

2007年6月27日 星期三
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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。5.35.249.64# F* Z! F6 I4 R
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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。% O4 U/ w- [7 S" a7 f

0 {5 |2 ^6 e7 F$ u: j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。" s& ?/ K) r! \' t8 y  D, ?
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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! K3 `- B; }( V  C$ g/ @

/ p0 ~0 F  s# H# ]6 U" @' j人在德国 社区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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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 k- g) t) r+ q$ Q; o1 p

5 D$ Z7 C, V, f6 D5.35.249.64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”。5 o4 Y6 r7 ^$ b2 W' U" [2 ]
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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。”7 l- Q) }9 \% t9 z. x

* n% M" E" O% N7 ?& v人在德国 社区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。0 l* H& f7 \* h; u8 C3 w0 q; N

5 e: |: f" g4 _  n! z& c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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% v, r& i2 _* ?; F& LBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
) u, T1 p; T- ]5 y- F# lWednesday, June 27, 2007 4 P! ]  y5 Q/ J3 ^- u
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* r1 f& S! z9 {/ a' K" s5.35.249.64BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION5.35.249.64' U+ K9 g8 o5 p  Y7 ]/ H

( r$ M$ p( Z( A7 ]  [4 [* NChina 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.
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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., C  l  _% h9 `; w; Q
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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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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." {/ f& X/ y8 A' |( A- \$ M9 s
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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.) @% ]$ e8 [% |7 z# L. \

5 p! l: i' i& ]- a/ i% P! B8 ~5.35.249.64The 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/ z5 b4 `0 j% F+ P. l5 d9 s- f1 N$ t

% n" E* N, J1 k) h* O, Q7 sAn 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.; \4 `" N' E& H! I

7 G$ r0 x/ m  X! m* ^* r- g& A2 W! kThe 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., `/ I- E% m/ x, z8 G

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