[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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2007年6月27日 星期三
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2 Z, h9 Y. l; E$ I1 k& j3 S6 k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。% X" `; A) X; t: m
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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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! G, I+ n4 t8 }4 }9 \( ~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。
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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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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。% R0 ?  W. e7 w9 }0 h/ b

; [7 R: q2 A  Y. ~9 H9 R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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7 x4 l' M: ?8 q  m* R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。”, `: p. p3 k8 o! B
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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。+ G" x; }/ P5 I
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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。! X6 w4 R5 v3 g/ g
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* x, [  O" _% t. jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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" j5 @4 Z# P! M0 k1 xChina 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.
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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.5 k8 q5 i7 K: @

/ ~# C1 e- I, g8 p1 |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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/ @+ X. \/ I0 I# r/ h7 SChina'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.: a5 b: ^0 V% Z  B; _- S, e

0 l0 b2 [; k+ R- z- v0 r$ b. ]# L9 jThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( B# u% q- T/ P
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.$ G8 q) P9 e% k
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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.”% M, ]6 |) l6 a5 D$ ]2 P6 ~' Z

& c! W  X: x+ l$ i* b+ Q1 frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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- v3 ^8 U& y2 R8 {+ a) W+ {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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