[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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( R& r. [1 H! y4 ]4 c: D/ V$ T0 |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。人在德国 社区! [* l3 m% ?- W- X# O! u$ B* j6 X
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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。6 Q' R! [4 X- e; h# T1 N* l- ?
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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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. V  j6 M/ O4 @6 n3 ^- M7 ccsuchen.de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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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。/ Z' r$ t3 o" e7 l, D  Q) Y
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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”。4 }7 J( _: F* e4 P+ c

. \* E0 f" k) {( N" Z( F5 \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。”
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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。csuchen.de8 F7 o3 o3 O6 r- S9 U# N

( H. ?8 j$ }' P5 k' |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' ^) z& c+ y5 q# Z0 ]. s
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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
) H4 F3 Q( k% I7 a! ]" \; |* KWednesday, June 27, 2007 csuchen.de- _  W1 n+ O- A, n( ~! q
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BEIJING'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.8 |! I. }8 i8 X6 F! i: M( b

3 n6 k1 Z' \) ]) M3 B/ ^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.% S+ `/ _& i& c9 B

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4 q  a8 U% V+ _& |) SThe 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.( H9 w( G" f7 F5 ~; `6 V
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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.! |3 [  m. b! Z( `4 m6 ^2 [
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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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* {6 V, y( M) T, }6 C+ d# z8 j" T9 g6 e% v人在德国 社区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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$ D5 O1 e9 n! I  N! u3 CThe 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.
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& V- n' [0 X  n1 _3 FThe 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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