[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
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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。+ P, X9 M- V/ |6 y& D

. M7 z, P! r8 R  g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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  u- V6 Q0 \& ]. t" K" F- grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de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。; K: f3 b$ W6 m
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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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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。0 d$ |& f8 v3 R
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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”。7 m2 z: \, W; g3 q/ h

0 t$ w' t' t6 Q: K人在德国 社区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。”人在德国 社区1 y# P- b8 W! I3 H; U% T) `  j

' l1 G9 |; X( t6 ^# `( W# c. O5 ]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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 A2 [) C2 U7 R8 t! ]$ w  q, }- M

% @. Q1 h% q' k9 f( c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 H" I1 @+ D  [* Q7 EWednesday, June 27, 2007
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION  d+ w. |1 c+ O
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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.# J2 `( ]% ^% p/ ?

/ K! _; X3 T1 `% ?" m0 ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deComing 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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; c5 S- ~' `: X8 P$ D  v. lThe 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.# y9 ?; Y0 ?& G7 k5 |
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' |9 N+ B& X) p. @
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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./ S, S4 V7 A4 w9 Q

$ K  c* B- v+ _2 ?9 \* U9 B9 G- BThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.9 u: G; h8 X+ {. c, s5 D3 f

  e8 u$ d" o; |+ E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.”& P) m8 n  b' ~% Q7 A; ^1 L1 |
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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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9 `6 r* O* p# a4 A! RThe 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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