[中国新闻] 中国加强对美国输华食品的检验检疫程序

日月光

2007年6月27日 星期三
8 X. q/ A  H% h- f. b& J  ) R. y; f) P& J
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。1 \/ w- Q% }2 P# O
9 c1 G: z9 X1 n% m4 {( N2 q6 P
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。
+ c# @# E7 H6 F9 c0 p7 Y人在德国 社区
9 Y3 X0 T5 k5 Y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。csuchen.de! |: n" U- t- s; z4 j8 I1 `
csuchen.de! X! `2 h2 N$ `- \
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。
8 ~- m  d2 m) g9 s" k% ^! \csuchen.de
, `( W' x9 N" C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) s" ?0 D7 B' f3 y+ o

# i" \  p7 K$ \0 @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) o' D/ y) ^4 D, F- R6 Z

6 Z6 v1 T+ O% `5 `# O. @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”。
1 ?5 w7 k! p# A1 \# Ccsuchen.de
% V6 U# |! V6 M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。”* p: t! C5 l2 Y2 Y" O3 f( k: P1 W& Q
4 a1 Q2 y& j- p0 u
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。
3 v4 e! }2 A; D) i8 R& ^# v& jcsuchen.de6 x$ _3 T3 R3 B, v7 C3 x4 V
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。1 ~+ A# L. q- b/ I
6 Q% A5 y" X8 i3 n

/ G& g4 j: x. a; {# X人在德国 社区By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
6 T: s' C$ J7 K9 N  OWednesday, June 27, 2007 $ Z+ d9 L/ A7 n% j( D4 z" A
+ s6 h2 i. [6 Q6 k7 L

$ O: C; _2 Z$ |* p8 L' sBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
4 C$ G" Z" }! |* N. ecsuchen.de# W# O2 l5 |" N
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.! |5 w( E/ c% o& O% C- c3 P: s) o
7 f3 _/ |$ L  |8 w
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.
! u& u8 q8 Y, K9 t, y- E9 T+ j. J1 U0 i
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.+ d% h: t% S! p4 W( P9 S; u1 T! f% h) _
) Z$ N9 o& H1 g- V  B
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.
7 A7 e* g1 J8 U  g7 m0 h( X
7 s+ i( W8 }8 M! v- \6 fChina'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.csuchen.de2 I% t* ]' z" \& `, q" [3 i

; F5 F: R) v8 U( d  M9 wThe 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.
, h) S. A* L9 O
7 V: `9 D" x( pThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”., d7 T: o( F; ^6 S+ c. Z

! V0 }) M. c9 j% w& z; O  Ecsuchen.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.”
3 B- B: Q: x/ ]: W# K3 x- t3 _- X人在德国 社区
  l, V% {9 U2 u9 \7 M4 ccsuchen.deThe 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.6 G4 U3 V; f, t5 E1 }! R. ^: W
- F1 G( r! p) ^. A' \2 G4 g
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.
% u+ D2 w$ E0 [/ |6 T6 T( a  S9 T' F! v) Q% F

9 V& B4 K+ P4 ]6 Lcsuchen.de人在德国 社区2 T) P" q" O  y' @
Financial Times