[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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) ~( R; L9 z. X2 B8 ]2 T4 lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。- @. l+ ^# d. E: N, c, E
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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。( G! \: r( z  s  U- k

4 m# W2 \4 w9 [. D% _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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: i" E, l; S( r1 ^! e$ M1 _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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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 r( J2 p" _1 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”。人在德国 社区+ ^% {1 v0 W( L3 q: h7 }

+ E% c# z! R7 u+ Y8 A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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) Q6 L) `6 P" X) {! j/ ?$ }3 W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。  u/ ~7 k: t3 R6 f. i- t) L- g# L$ l

: r, b, ~4 c8 s' F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
7 C! C6 P$ F: t$ R. XWednesday, June 27, 2007
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% Y# u8 R# y0 J8 F& G; I3 lBEIJING'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.5 O+ D) F% y7 j2 w5 r+ J; @

, V) w9 |) x; N, Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deGovernment 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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! v5 z4 p6 A& P5 ZComing 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.
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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.: E5 f% T7 o& i

5 G" M# A0 V% x) [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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* K0 S' `. P/ O( l6 Y

3 i, x: B$ n! N( l& z1 AThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.6 A3 R# F9 m+ V3 k/ ]

& P( P* C" N0 x+ DAn 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.
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. B' y4 {  Q7 d2 V$ l' f* B8 H/ z- @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.7 \2 ]' [# G8 }. R7 n" `6 L4 B9 h1 Y/ x

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