[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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6 H1 [% [% W. q; e4 B. ^+ [4 c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。' `% i: {+ X2 U: @

* O# f9 x0 X" O) p( [- Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。人在德国 社区' ~* S) Y' f* m  U; J7 n

; U( n# @3 G. D人在德国 社区在声明发布前一天,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。" w# G+ K8 W" Z. ]

. h: L5 @6 r( v2 q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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; \' m: e* m1 D" ~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。”
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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。# S2 D, a7 K8 X

" R/ y9 g9 c; }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 a; C% |) x) K" V6 J: t; y5 H

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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
" y2 g+ z1 e: h8 XWednesday, June 27, 2007 % Y  `% `" V" @& E. P+ c/ p

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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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1 o0 f( i/ F! a" fChina 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.8 K& v  W/ p; x* y2 c; n' |. e
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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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7 t& S7 n) f. _" ]3 s4 ]) U6 r) Y2 ^; 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.
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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.! Q' p  y+ n, p* w

) L, ?+ a2 C' M, r5 z- L% AThe 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.% [  D$ P8 P: v! U: [: `

, l/ i" _" K& S+ H( }人在德国 社区The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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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.”* W! {' L9 P- g9 c5 C7 P

; M, ~/ }3 q8 o9 o+ I% Q/ kThe 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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+ t1 B) f6 D. B/ P1 J. o5 prs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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." T  g0 J7 W4 R( |4 [
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