[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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- @7 Q5 B/ u# U5.35.249.64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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2 N0 o. J( `2 }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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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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' |' U1 C1 ~) Z! V: N5.35.249.64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。
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* H' g% l8 v) B1 |5 J( P  w# }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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- |) K' b: u: {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。”* m$ f: p. W  l3 d* V) N
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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。人在德国 社区8 ~1 |$ x' ~7 L5 f* R
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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
3 q- A. G; k' @" {% J* D/ `, m0 gWednesday, June 27, 2007
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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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& r0 \; \" J2 I4 |7 ^, |( ], Q- BGovernment 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.
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2 e% r( b" k3 v" M2 t, k人在德国 社区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.4 V8 z- T1 ]+ M# v

: A/ e. p, S0 g$ GChina'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 N: C4 u; P  p$ U) v
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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.人在德国 社区+ ?+ q; ^2 \6 X* t# S9 K" X
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.' f0 G) |: D; n% @

4 a/ n4 B" A! ]& vAn 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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3 x) x  A- H$ ~+ M% uThe 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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6 n& I' X- \# D' GThe 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.5.35.249.646 a. b3 w" }) S8 ?
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