[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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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。1 B- I- @& O( R
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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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7 ^# V5 K( N4 [3 G3 J0 L& u9 P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。5.35.249.64$ b7 F  M" q* d

5 }; y8 j) I; [: n7 t9 Z' n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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1 |5 W4 N* p  b1 S  B$ \: D人在德国 社区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。. N* V- r5 A3 w; ]

4 J3 n5 l* [9 f3 B/ I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。
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& B) _, x2 i4 x8 R5 j2 T+ x6 l人在德国 社区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3 R+ }; s% r  O* K9 N% H

/ T4 Q# z* P& N; h2 ?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. w" Q" v' @) C1 u1 S' f( G7 g0 U2 h9 L
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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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3 e  R5 A: v- F& N: j人在德国 社区By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 5.35.249.64+ Y5 h, P. r0 ?2 r
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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' k5 q) r/ s  {( cBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 I* i' {3 I* 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.
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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.3 _% M4 [! _8 Y! E9 E1 F* H% _- n
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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 V) g6 g0 F" z9 b% A5 O5.35.249.64The 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.# l! z4 l, k" T$ q: Q
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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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/ d0 N3 Q8 O" C) G1 d0 a+ f2 tThe 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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- u5 e8 [9 _1 C3 w! N7 }# DThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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! _. C, T6 q7 s0 |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.”$ I2 i/ x" s1 R1 Q4 N

3 Z  e8 S( s1 x人在德国 社区The 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.人在德国 社区- E; d" ]* V9 N$ ~

( _* T% z/ A& i0 [  qThe 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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