[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。
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) [& [2 N& v9 b* Gcsuchen.de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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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。# p# D, y' t' [1 L+ ^. L" {" D- _8 W

+ T' k+ N% ?! P' Q- D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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) }7 N5 G& w/ t; I9 j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”。+ s* `7 x/ [, M' Q& U
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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。”/ t# M$ \0 f. L6 t

2 w; M: Z; Q3 b$ x; f人在德国 社区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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" Q# p/ b0 A% i8 J$ U. \: _: Q2 I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。csuchen.de) a9 ?. Q  K$ f% k. s* |8 ]8 G9 x
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
" [( }; I  j! F7 l2 E: g* j, Q人在德国 社区Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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& Q9 U( t4 P; Y+ z7 gChina 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.# k$ L8 a2 \7 W* c# H% D4 C

& R$ c, x6 j8 ^* m% r/ d7 Kcsuchen.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.
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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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* w3 I. a  }) ~1 W6 |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.de  K% ^# ]# r! P0 C  }
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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.6 s7 }& c, r. I1 e8 x5 G# f2 ?

- V& i* n2 S% Fcsuchen.deThe 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$ @# G$ H) E0 T

5 N  z0 F+ F5 w& s# S5 @. i# aThe 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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* L2 \0 F6 O* W0 l# _( S& q) }# w& @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.人在德国 社区% u; _0 m% y/ O$ a3 U

1 V, W6 U  |# ~人在德国 社区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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