[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。人在德国 社区: J' S' z1 V# I  C& g& g

. N1 S% ^# ^& r& i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。+ z* @% n3 E) C& j6 O! e9 @% a, `

, K2 Z* e5 L+ d5 i8 r9 B人在德国 社区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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2 ?0 g2 V  C# p* D" G/ N' p7 b人在德国 社区在声明发布前一天,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。6 B, G, G; g8 K5 s' ^

+ r/ u$ F8 T/ U& Q人在德国 社区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。. R- a" a0 B. X& v0 h  Z

1 k) H+ U4 {5 i8 Q( J) B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”。* t6 [1 F+ @9 K$ F
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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。”
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8 C# i3 G! o2 C2 _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。
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
& e8 T5 m8 X7 z! S7 m7 OWednesday, June 27, 2007
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/ a5 ?, F6 a- {/ IBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION5.35.249.640 V- s' x/ M+ {& C

' w6 e2 h& f* Y3 T, q4 {! @3 `7 cChina 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.5 X- {. U5 x, Y2 M: u1 C2 P
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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." I$ Z% w& l8 _1 c. E" a) N% W& l

6 A9 [* I+ @/ Q6 h: s* bComing 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.* w  d( z1 ~  T6 n& ]8 N& T
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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.5.35.249.642 g' `' |, G9 O* t

+ O  W# x  \2 N) xThe 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.- V" s" _, O3 I% r

- X2 Q+ O/ Z2 D& x0 `4 M) I% ^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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- g7 L2 T3 \- S: M6 U! {: m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.. J9 n6 o" J# \3 T+ m! @
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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.* w. t! q+ G- _6 j

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