[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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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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( v: M! ]8 y) A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。3 ?3 f- M, Q/ b" u+ U' B

" s6 _/ `- l; u  {; V4 i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。0 ?! q1 v* u3 F+ Q: X

1 @9 D: ?0 c5 A7 i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。& V/ N, ^. u0 q/ {+ j% z) z
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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 j% u- N, x8 S1 L' `; w

4 ~2 K0 P; b6 j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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6 @7 b% m! U) z: s+ a. i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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) e4 d5 o. T1 n) rwww.csuchen.de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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& `8 O- q: a& H1 ^) s" p+ [www.csuchen.deBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai / w% H5 M1 A5 x& l5 i
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7 d& Q( `- Y2 C" d% P9 wBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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4 w2 |0 W9 q+ ?% E/ AChina 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.www.csuchen.de0 @( M) ~7 M, t) \
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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.: b1 w+ c9 P8 `: F! Y. W* Y$ I

1 U) g) |4 N7 E8 r- o/ a2 `' TComing 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.3 a+ P: y( y/ R1 e4 d; R, j# m- Z

( b2 D2 K& ]; s6 i# y. {; _2 i人在德国 社区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.
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4 V/ }5 X& Q4 G' ^! @. ^5 wChina'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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. W( G$ k1 C7 ]  ]+ E1 j9 P人在德国 社区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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+ [+ K6 @; V0 [, d) p; VThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.: }) |- Y4 i5 K" z0 R6 ]
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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.
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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.www.csuchen.de& L2 d6 b- W' ~

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