[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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# U  s- I+ S/ B  Z7 N人在德国 社区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。csuchen.de4 J) K9 V& |/ }. ?/ _4 ^

" J  ]; S1 ]" F' \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。" {, a# j7 y% ?' R4 B
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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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, F7 C7 E! _4 Z% v5 D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。5 A4 \) G/ |! u: H+ m
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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" Z- {# S- g1 v; L3 v  s
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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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  k6 k8 ~+ m9 O人在德国 社区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。”csuchen.de/ L+ I/ o1 x  a  `! `8 C+ i
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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。6 B" `; a1 D. Z- r7 u$ o2 D. @6 @

! f4 q" Q4 w9 v$ B, p人在德国 社区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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% |! D% \( b7 A  j9 P% f5 |% ABy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
( I, B. a- q3 [  J" f( W: r& F' FWednesday, June 27, 2007 csuchen.de# ~) L4 j0 V+ k8 e* t4 a" I. L
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3 N9 U5 f. f' d0 _BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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6 j9 C6 s% H2 ]! XChina 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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# c; x) U. z$ t) T/ |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.; K9 a$ O4 }; s% M

1 o$ n7 L! m) J% r人在德国 社区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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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.6 w  _' u6 H) S% o* Z7 Z: W) v; b
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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.
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, P! Q& e3 @( V: K+ \5 |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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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; T9 O2 x* o8 d# S1 L0 [4 l
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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.1 u% i& l6 W; l3 c
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