[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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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1 C9 Z6 W# H" ~" z0 N% J- u0 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" W! S" @. y4 G- b人在德国 社区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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' Q! [- ?9 B  R# R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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% g& I, z9 G! c4 i7 k5 C; H' u

/ {6 C; ]6 X0 a) 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。9 v( a, Z, M& p6 W$ e5 F4 i

# i: a1 v2 e5 V& }: C& ~2 e0 }% u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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0 a4 n! k" b8 I# o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。”+ j" L2 k% o0 m

. Y3 m: C0 z7 f人在德国 社区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。# |5 d1 C% [) f) N3 W$ T+ b

6 y6 o& G# N- D2 o% R3 O1 a# ^3 V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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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai + W. d" j3 n) U0 N
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION0 H9 l! t% N) k& t- b' n* C, @
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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.- t1 K3 e" X  f. l9 a

% m1 ]6 x+ v8 t  o4 ~2 `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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$ g4 p& k7 s5 {8 H* \6 l9 KComing 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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2 m! \3 f! L2 w% u) A' rThe 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.) d; ^  f3 Z( y4 F3 m- _

! w9 [1 ?2 X: u4 _/ R4 JChina'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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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”.' H4 ]0 j4 _' v* `; f; m
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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.”
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* S) Y, j. B. Y& Y# }$ M, F人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区; s( a" W7 f/ \/ e7 Z1 S" }( b

8 n& ^+ `# m( O5 C- NThe 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.6 K( Y& X: H2 m. s- {6 f8 L: x0 U
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8 ?" I! @2 _* i: ~* A. e/ J! K( b. e( bFinancial Times