[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. B+ V4 u7 S4 s6 M

3 n, Y0 K' F+ M1 d) ^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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0 l: Z) x$ g  d' D3 \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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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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. ^( R! ]& Y" H0 G6 U& ]: z" p人在德国 社区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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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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  a1 g/ `) ~5 M% D  L1 z2 hrs238848.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。”+ g% e# L8 {' ?) `: j
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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。
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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。, J' e& q! l( B
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7 R8 U* e5 S5 J1 q0 K9 X8 I8 K+ L/ FBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION& H8 o0 ?5 _% _, z
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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.
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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.! G: P, G- Q7 Q: r. Y+ o  E1 [

" `1 `  o( ^, Q: ]% AComing 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.人在德国 社区+ X' G# j* \" C$ ~" f6 X- ~) r

7 q- u* N& V. [0 P9 B人在德国 社区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.% R( I/ b4 A# V1 Z9 u6 E7 N" A

" h8 G/ R. X& bChina'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.8 l0 H( ^9 k/ s, \

8 I8 }% j9 y* @9 sThe 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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% t6 z! `# z! `$ Y+ O( yThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.1 A; N  a$ N- g( T/ T6 Q' r! s

& b- H. G( M4 u' i6 K4 m人在德国 社区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.”人在德国 社区. O4 M, u6 c, u. g
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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.4 O! U$ O4 g" u8 Q( r- Q
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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.
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