[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。* ^. [# F# ?5 b; B; m& t
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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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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。0 y3 O. o7 P: ?0 s

+ ^( e$ I) x/ J. R6 t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。
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' {# d6 f) @8 m, @/ y0 Y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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6 q7 U5 o( }/ t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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, \6 c1 R- R: d, u0 E/ o2 `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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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7 _) A! e- J' U; @: U0 F) b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。8 }6 H# i* T8 H# m/ P

" L$ N  X) h/ y+ R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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# _: F9 g, S! B' hBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
4 S2 K* E% y( x! B+ fWednesday, June 27, 2007 9 m2 I' ]. O0 X* _6 J. g
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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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.1 @% P* N1 F: p: m
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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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; d0 y7 ]+ b, P  Z" H) VComing 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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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./ Q( H% z% a/ T) ]% w

- J0 J3 m; q7 g9 k, Q  `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.* p' l% x. Z* P$ B: x
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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.
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ l! r) V4 G6 s+ z. i3 [

/ U! e5 T0 j# a* AAn 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.”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 n2 P1 E9 w3 b1 R

+ \$ X  ~" R1 e& `rs238848.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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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.$ F1 _: e3 P# x

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