[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。5 Y& s+ ]1 W) w

% i. z) @4 K/ p" I# e人在德国 社区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。7 F. G/ y+ U0 N8 O$ u# \5 [

$ M& s% q" k) @# [2 n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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, o: H7 u  H) d  C3 a& U0 k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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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。+ Y( s# C& v" [% C9 L

+ \# w6 o4 q3 ?- X% O3 f. [2 F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+ p% o1 B) |4 A1 t2 G1 g. M

( G- J* B3 k) p% Q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 G+ t/ Y' {) T4 V

( f+ A' C+ K" D, s4 g5.35.249.64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。* Q+ ^5 G- U# J$ h- `) i$ Z5 ]
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+ U- L- {2 D) @% p: t0 f5 J3 CBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / n( w0 ]. i! B! x; T" P# k
Wednesday, June 27, 2007   T& h8 r( `$ `4 m

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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION' n( x, E/ @% {* M
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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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/ y% S  x1 r! b) |& k! q. R2 iGovernment 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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. t+ H4 [+ q  @9 n5.35.249.64Coming 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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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.
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  f: `) h1 L, {7 S& z$ T5 IThe 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.
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# R* d2 v, h9 V) f; @9 t& s9 `% KThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”., |" f; U. f" _7 o, E0 Q8 O
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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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: X% k7 D& `* L; x) q. mThe 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.  s( Z$ U' r  ]" L" ~4 ^7 p7 \

( q' I% ?/ F: a8 Y' t/ RThe 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.+ J" k7 \. E! Z7 ]( R7 ~& p

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