[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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& q+ }  _" s; m$ z/ z/ I' |csuchen.de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。3 b8 X+ Y9 C' f7 ~
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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。& i. @9 R- J& L9 i; c9 z2 p- e0 j

6 B% j3 v) z$ a8 |/ e: _5 a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.de, ~2 u! H0 X" O  Y; Y; D& P! R
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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。5 O) C# ?# z* [5 {. p' ]: p1 G
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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。csuchen.de# j$ K9 ]3 B4 t$ ^
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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”。( \7 {/ O( n! x" [

- p6 M: N# O( o2 z8 R0 V7 o; S- z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.de- c' P# Z, E* H  Z9 D5 ?0 L( J
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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。( B5 ~) o) R2 V# ^* E" k3 k& G
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5 }4 |) ]  H+ F' [) f* g+ Pcsuchen.deBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai csuchen.de4 z# `. K( u7 ~' y2 h
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4 _" C* p* R6 W% s: }+ W$ X" |
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7 s; V5 @  P9 T" U- r5 RChina 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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8 `5 ]/ G. \3 }. {* E# JGovernment 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.csuchen.de9 U/ B. n8 \" |) i( e
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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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" y: n/ X/ \6 A/ F4 mThe 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.
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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.1 P# p  v6 s  }; Q0 b  T
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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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" n. e3 e7 Z4 z4 W3 X+ g人在德国 社区The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.
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9 t0 X; Q2 ^# t2 T+ 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.”: Q3 I" I( \( U7 H% U, K0 ]! p

+ j; O3 O4 _1 t. |5 T2 P6 W% lThe 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 }  E/ T% S( j. E
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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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