[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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! t& F, H4 p+ o! H. T+ M  j0 M. C5.35.249.64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。
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9 l$ d3 R  M' u! _) n( g5.35.249.64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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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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/ X+ B: e% g- q# B+ m/ V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。
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; g/ }2 \% [2 N# E: [  X& ?5 a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。5.35.249.643 h& ], K% Y7 G: w7 Y% |

: _% M0 v/ Y8 D- w2 P5.35.249.64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”。
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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。”人在德国 社区. L% r5 C, `; J. Q5 N* 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。) c: K# a8 s6 q9 ?4 ?
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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。$ c$ p+ J1 m# ?, A. y: c3 z# T, W

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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION1 |% D3 q* ~( c* j& ]
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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.# \6 {* e, W0 \2 [; B: S7 i( }1 B4 r

7 q% q" U2 M9 f+ o5.35.249.64Government 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.& q5 E- @9 _0 S) f  R( L6 F  h

  V2 s. V) c$ {, v( H( pThe 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.
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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.5.35.249.648 w+ e6 @( b# X$ T+ _
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”./ V2 W0 _. Z1 a: Q5 L5 l
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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.”人在德国 社区+ v& h$ g$ ^. _$ p# i2 l* x1 y

; A+ ?( X5 x: c5 T) r4 zThe 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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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.
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