[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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! k5 \7 T! p! p! K: {, S4 |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。人在德国 社区+ O, i. n" c( L- V8 [5 P
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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。3 P8 u: N0 d+ o- d2 H8 n
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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。: [  Y5 i1 w7 q
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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。4 F3 z0 _  [! v8 w5 R3 j. Z

' N" `5 u' A/ H1 H$ U- Y' j/ S' G: K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。5 Y* b* z" Y1 g

" b) _% K& h. b1 e+ {rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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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7 E7 L7 F/ g( V" u2 |1 O8 `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。4 w- V' s% Q' g6 i2 }( N# 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。. k, ]$ L5 d* _- C- j7 o' X5 ]
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2 y% J( J0 t6 y$ U; |By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
- l* D8 n4 [* }: M% E' H人在德国 社区Wednesday, June 27, 2007 . a$ b" U- k3 }1 f2 J; B5 W& h

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2 @3 ^- F# b1 g8 i8 N# G' d- Brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deChina 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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! T  i" ]+ [  G8 l' d0 @* MGovernment 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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% _) T! e: s# j: S+ OComing 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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& L7 ^$ D2 O; B% \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.9 `' B/ N+ r5 [: C) A5 w5 d& o
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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.
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8 L9 p# H6 H% L# I& q- `7 H人在德国 社区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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4 a2 s6 o  k4 k- g2 D5 j/ CThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.- V2 ?$ N. h6 g7 v
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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.”. `" p1 \0 F# D; ]& i, V

9 l, l9 y; M4 |1 uThe 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.7 z9 E) P, P9 C, p

6 m5 T3 I% x0 ?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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