[中国新闻] 中国加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序

2007年6月27日 星期三
- I; w3 ~3 Y; Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  人在德国 社区% x8 l5 s6 s+ v" e  O% P  U1 M
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。, H2 g3 `7 m* U; w! Z

6 x* E& j$ \/ \% C8 s. v人在德国 社区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。
9 `4 Q( w1 f; L; Z5 R( A; _rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
; Y6 v% J" h+ [" n. Y" P9 e! P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。% E/ }! ?! ]. k8 |
) h& q. X7 h6 R# ^; f: L! O6 c
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。
+ I; u9 i( p0 [3 f. ?+ F人在德国 社区
8 ^" s0 d' ~( R& c2 G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。
# R* F$ {- T  }4 l- {# F& T3 G3 c人在德国 社区# A. o, ~1 N. A0 G9 z1 R3 u
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。. J; ?8 k5 J- F, O: H
0 ^7 E2 U! }  t" R/ w
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”。
, s- s) p( x  r5 U1 m* F8 C1 I. O1 Q- r% ^* X
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。”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. i4 d8 L& N$ q" R0 Z+ B4 K; @# I
人在德国 社区  L+ f7 D$ V5 f! Z- O3 x
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。
' ?0 l/ h3 s1 c. t( `
! d8 W2 W# Y6 w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。) D' @/ p( a' W7 r% b0 |6 _3 }- g  A

& u7 Q% [; l6 D! x( u# D7 E, N
2 `& n. L' @" s9 V- f* uBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 4 W4 @: Y9 k6 I$ @. M0 g9 g" |/ n
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
' H& J( @/ i8 }3 a  {3 @3 l人在德国 社区2 U2 V8 D6 \* i5 I
人在德国 社区8 P1 {- Q/ w8 O) W
BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION  P8 d0 J- F' x4 S4 n$ E% v

( }0 J# H7 u: K& \+ y* r6 |' pChina 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.
  f; {- e$ t5 e5 y9 |5 U+ L: z. L9 S; D/ Y5 j0 N
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.: l( W+ L4 G& W$ V5 j) V0 t
8 d* }# z6 A3 @
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.8 r3 b6 z# A5 W- t) w7 S( n& s
人在德国 社区+ B+ m5 c% H0 o8 w6 B0 s
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.
2 o( u  h: ?: ^" U3 Y人在德国 社区
6 j" @) M/ `# {/ ?  Z7 U9 [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.; E. r+ p( l6 p; |3 s

( H) B. e# D; ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.
9 d! Z: c; z1 Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: y. ]! `* S$ \
The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.人在德国 社区- B/ o3 f7 U8 \, }- G. x3 L

2 @( [( {. o  O6 k9 r% A9 }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.”
* C4 z9 d1 {/ O/ P3 q6 [4 d
' V) I6 C% Y' u1 {2 K0 i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.6 C8 N3 N% H& W

9 g6 c' e( J  t5 S6 W/ EThe 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.
2 F6 F- t% e( Trs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
' N: o( R/ e7 x) N人在德国 社区人在德国 社区; ?4 s& U% X+ [8 q

8 {3 t$ ]" R3 @% w, w: B0 l2 R* m人在德国 社区Financial Times