[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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4 ?; q" E' U% H9 b' t8 G1 U人在德国 社区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。7 d# Z5 Q6 z8 s7 D6 S9 n

5 Y3 P' p( I0 f' j" x- g& F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。5 T" u- m$ `& y" C1 U

- U6 h+ A* A3 i1 [) @3 mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。% [# d9 L) l/ ?- ^0 K; V# K8 P

8 _9 ^" q2 T6 \. ^! Ers238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。+ D% T! i+ i8 h+ r/ g

& h- H+ x+ W9 I4 i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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1 q! G- |* z9 F) Z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。”
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/ L# A& G2 \( E. k, _- k! }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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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。1 \9 d  D) B$ r5 z8 J
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: t- o% U; z, F& z5 U1 [7 O4 BBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
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. ^4 A$ W4 S. f/ I8 S% s3 MBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" Q/ m. E* |+ \: O3 x5 ?
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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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  K- {$ y& _. w  N, t人在德国 社区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.( [$ ~9 C3 p8 ?5 k: ?
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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.% a! j$ X$ C6 l  {  f
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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.. o: [$ D/ _8 H% x* t- R
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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1 I5 p* [8 M4 }7 _/ d
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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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( E# j" s6 O) _% f1 X7 qAn 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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7 `! I0 M8 G2 {8 |, y5 _7 nThe 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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! N" p* m4 G# Y1 X) H5 X; a5 v9 dThe 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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