[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。
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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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) @* R6 o; v) O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) m( V8 X* s4 W
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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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; p3 t. H! [) d: Q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8 s/ {. U% ?* X6 v5 e2 f

) W3 u: x# Y% x8 ~csuchen.de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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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* \% K, }+ t4 j

" W8 n- ~! `$ _$ f: a- C8 f+ 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。" {: q1 f5 w- x; Z1 x4 X) I, {
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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。人在德国 社区) m9 P6 F0 F& T! s9 N7 O% a( A

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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai $ X( Q7 q  g( Q. b  Z4 a  y/ E
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% p2 R6 G$ j, ?3 oBEIJING'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.9 \& h) h* l+ q: r# \/ _0 w, R! ]
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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.人在德国 社区$ A8 w! y! {$ J; b1 N
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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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- c' F- u2 g- l1 \1 X* 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.
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: z) b& i# i: ^7 _' K! p. Fcsuchen.deChina'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.人在德国 社区: {, k/ ]6 K% J6 j# T
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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.
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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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.”
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- f" p% J1 U% |- M' @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.% g0 g( @' w+ Y7 _" O6 E% ~3 V; P

, \6 h. B# n/ s' Z7 _+ c3 C9 [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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