[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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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。+ D! x" u3 q! V# f4 ^) f/ R9 D: f

1 X0 M7 T: D# d% O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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1 P" R( D- k. z, t5 R6 t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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+ W% ~4 x, N# m) |: C* r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。! n+ K3 c& T$ E# y( ]5 z* `
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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。人在德国 社区3 V" D8 q/ K( h/ O' @9 c
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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 J  s) ?  t; s8 K" E0 Z0 e+ S) \
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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。”- H' E5 P' T& k: Z/ Y! c
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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。* y( t1 Z( b( |: s
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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。% w4 u. @" k9 u+ g# C
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 人在德国 社区$ v5 Q" u5 O9 s5 f
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8 X: Q: {, [) Q" g/ T) |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.9 D- F+ ~; X4 d8 l) W% o3 \+ N
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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 E8 B! m! h. n' ^7 H) w( ]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* {8 u3 }' {/ i7 h# w1 L

! G7 I$ s  B( ~3 p: LThe 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.7 C  ^/ S3 t/ Y8 }
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& x' D3 Z+ A. F7 g; ^/ W
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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" H* U+ ^4 k# L: E

( y1 `" R# H; P" M+ O+ `The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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+ d+ m8 t0 \6 q! ^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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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.) ^- p* ~" V9 y

) Q3 D$ P6 S5 U人在德国 社区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.
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