[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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5 f0 `" i9 E5 f) i- A4 k3 h  V& E/ o) ?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。人在德国 社区- C- x: i2 ?) B8 _7 J

  `( A' {& u1 G( {; K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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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。csuchen.de2 L$ |1 M9 h% e( u$ I

' Y6 M. C$ g9 \4 _/ d3 [/ b7 ^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。csuchen.de$ a+ u+ W/ ?* J/ n: W7 B* `

# h4 B( P4 V0 a# c# w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。: {6 K  M+ `+ S) c! K9 |2 f

" ^9 }. E" Q# e0 `( c2 D2 C: g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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3 R1 G3 M0 h4 v; U  S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。”' \+ d; `4 T6 F' y- a

! W, w8 u* Z! @9 O2 k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。4 p: ]+ s2 T2 h3 J/ @/ L

) ~7 U& U3 F' P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
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION  w+ U6 h% V+ P% F
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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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+ X0 \+ Q+ E( ?" sGovernment 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.
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5 Z* h+ g. ^& f2 L0 q$ k5 LComing 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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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.csuchen.de1 _4 R+ T9 ]7 A% S8 w0 z

, @& q" T( B) U, Z& E! f4 SChina'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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& r; ]* h# R3 [% L' ]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.* N  L, Y8 \+ W5 Y5 C

" o( s, H6 [: F% c  p2 i' c' scsuchen.deThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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, N4 }* }" s) C" Acsuchen.deAn 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.”; O& T6 T" U* y
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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.% w4 P9 |1 [! c9 i2 \' ]
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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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