[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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2 L1 M& O+ |/ H* y' a# 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。
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/ U. n% a' @/ n& |* n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。  a% P9 Q9 z8 ~4 X  J0 ?# ?

% l/ l+ x0 N1 _  U( b2 z1 J5.35.249.64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。( }3 m3 g3 O" z7 J, b
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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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/ y  V1 h0 j; B: a. P+ w4 L: L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。; ^9 ]) r$ i9 r+ }

5 _4 S5 B. z( b$ X3 d: B5.35.249.64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6 X4 F  s& t! A
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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。- E* C& a2 s, S7 S3 Z0 {

% ]4 R: m' z# _/ R. [- 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。- c  I. X9 e5 k& |) X, S
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5.35.249.64; ]0 H2 F, \" o, |2 ^  z
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) T, a5 y5 z1 O3 q0 dBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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8 ], z: m2 i  i# D9 zChina 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.+ p( T8 G) P% |5 Q; L- L
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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.
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4 V8 U- L2 c$ ~人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区. v* Z1 x+ L' k0 i2 f  j

1 R5 m6 G) L- ^) Z* X$ f7 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.) N8 ~/ s9 Q7 k7 q8 D' J+ m8 _4 c

& z0 C$ c0 @; O  z5.35.249.64China'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.0 @+ X3 T5 y% F3 d) d/ K
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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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, N4 j3 z6 @0 X" c, DThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.) M4 f6 u1 _9 {$ ^! V2 e
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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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, |& u( w& g! ]7 a3 o  w( w+ Q- U8 wThe 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.& c0 V* h9 v' p1 ]$ x6 s

) j" R, b8 T( ]8 ~. t5.35.249.64The 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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