[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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- X, }8 q8 i. b( l6 W% I7 J+ b( t  @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。4 l$ T3 e1 _# g

7 N% X* q6 j' ~5.35.249.64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。5.35.249.64/ x& S9 Q$ Y  r% l" K3 W
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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。% W9 E! ]1 R/ W( r" ^' Y
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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。4 _1 E0 j1 I6 F% {3 ~
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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。
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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”。5.35.249.647 B' M5 U! i* W6 g/ g

0 l: ]2 `# U( F5 u8 [3 |1 I+ K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。”6 ], t% V! w, |& {# _+ r
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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。
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) G5 w( \9 O, R7 N& `- G6 _+ Z8 Z, V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。5.35.249.64/ B' J4 \5 u) K* c/ f
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2 P( P0 _$ M( P3 D' ]' e8 sBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
6 E6 a% O* `) b) q6 q7 T, u' F5 iWednesday, June 27, 2007
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION5.35.249.64; v+ q( p* S5 R# s

/ ?5 r5 _# @+ F; |: o! eChina 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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( A0 I8 f+ C) O  @; a8 q/ EGovernment 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.& i5 W& u- L4 D. u' l. Z
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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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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.
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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; B  j% o. o  p- U* uAn 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. G6 g$ x3 O6 w0 S& Z% z

0 m8 f# e. r! VThe 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.6 L# V( E% T4 u. g4 c0 `8 a) @) p' T
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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.人在德国 社区' C' J! V' [# Y1 ?) [; k4 q& c
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