[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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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。, V! L8 U' Q4 C% s$ P3 D

% y4 i9 Y  h; ]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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  e, g/ N; {  N$ ^& n- ]) k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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 }& ^; W5 ]) t6 Z
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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。0 j: u( @# s1 F! b5 D

( K9 E  W/ h6 }( X9 Q2 C$ x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.de9 A  z6 y6 k( O9 u

7 B, o7 `6 |  a/ `; Z: B  _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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1 \8 J  g' W, Y! ?0 A7 n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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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。& h* ?' r! Y* E/ O

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9 P$ l, N8 B9 O. R6 eBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 人在德国 社区' g# d- l" H# x7 q; }& h
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, c: w! a. O3 `+ o7 lBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION% N, W  h. F6 S; @. 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.
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7 b) l& r2 @8 N  r* ]+ x  v: Frs238848.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.* i" w0 O. {# f% ?) B* Y1 {) ]

) ^0 p8 V# _; x" S0 ]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.
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7 X5 ]# m0 @! E$ j2 a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.人在德国 社区4 |+ M& W; J% |" a7 w
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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.
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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.4 H: Y! c  w8 t) z: E! w+ Y

& L, \) L, a0 I# f6 F, h0 LThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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/ z  v6 W6 Q' I! _! V) _  `2 GAn 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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: X- D+ ^! l! O" @9 K% v0 PThe 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.7 ?; y! D* A) M6 f# J( I3 t, Y
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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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