[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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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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& O7 w1 [; A" e, M* Q1 e, V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。' Z8 ]: E; _$ W5 O+ D/ E( s; @
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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。% Y9 w% a3 b5 L9 z# A
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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。% V6 V, y: _$ A3 T

2 ^6 g# C) t; L: p5.35.249.64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。3 o7 V9 T  e7 P
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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。4 Q( ^# |  R2 B0 o3 T
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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”。3 B% T# ~2 B$ I* {" I% W+ u

  N( r1 |2 D) K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。”- S2 O" g9 {4 A  G/ @
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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。
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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。3 z$ X4 h+ _0 b* a7 @& W

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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai ' e$ H# l3 Z5 ^% Z5 d: L
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ; U- ?( ]; a: _
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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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.
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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.: N9 n$ q# q2 M# v5 e
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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.
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. o' W9 c3 y+ H" p7 FThe 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., o: O0 K* m( s, u8 Q- j

* h5 d/ D* ~  d1 ~7 {* BChina'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.$ b' y& ?+ I1 X$ Y
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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.6 A* `8 n% o1 f% W+ y+ D2 Y( l" n* h

: |4 b) S! z  b% aThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”./ T0 l  V. a* ^) Q) G3 \* r

1 H5 {4 G3 n* b2 f7 [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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7 h, D& u) [- N: JThe 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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+ g" ]" s' `$ w/ ~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.% c1 \/ u' h3 f4 p9 \5 D

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