[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。
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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。2 G% D" u! E5 K3 {% j
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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。5.35.249.643 v8 F& A" O! V# U5 Q/ D4 `/ |
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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。
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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。1 e) U7 c( N7 s! F; G# C

0 t2 D+ |$ k+ w1 l. S- Z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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. n; u; p1 \9 A* N/ o. S. G8 [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”。5.35.249.64- v7 j7 r+ Q6 @- X

& F. P! e. A$ M4 d8 x) \5.35.249.64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。”人在德国 社区( \% X9 E( U* k% ~3 [1 l

2 ]( H$ n' S! `: M0 Y$ q' h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。' {" Z4 @* W0 H* V( t5 X- q
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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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  _4 B. h" G1 j7 T* sBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
1 v2 ^4 \! E0 y1 }3 q7 G0 n9 E8 bWednesday, June 27, 2007 8 {. q* F/ f% y7 n" x+ H
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* r) o( s/ I$ A! \1 ~' F5.35.249.64China 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% `$ u! a& O( t0 l. ]
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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.4 Q3 p- ^% K! _. N# b8 B

9 Z. w7 b5 d8 j) lThe 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.人在德国 社区! k" i7 g9 N4 j* c9 n: ^

0 Z& S: j6 u4 ^& {( @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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8 [, P8 A2 d! l. I6 s; F# U, k8 OThe 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.2 j/ _! `3 o1 w0 O. H. Y

8 w' t4 Z. c( {; [( v; Y- hThe 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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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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/ Z. v. Y# o& d* B+ V; e* ZThe 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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