[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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- Y3 C0 _# I& t8 O8 b9 z0 mwww.csuchen.de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。人在德国 社区- K/ A( q3 r: ^# X/ w8 o1 F1 b

" |' l! |* W7 ?# P( N人在德国 社区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。人在德国 社区' s: c. w1 L/ K2 U& R
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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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2 M0 B( C+ I) p) nwww.csuchen.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。人在德国 社区1 u# e# S4 J) E7 h9 ?- }4 Y7 H0 E

: S+ y* C3 N) J& Q, T% |, S! X2 _! c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”。3 ~! w4 c' i7 `6 N2 T$ S

- U: `6 B" j) _, O+ x( I6 R! p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。”6 U# }/ ~/ b& p: A6 B% c; K

6 M1 Z% _% r, b* X- _: U1 z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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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。% U/ t7 R4 G% K9 b$ H- e# A+ Y' C
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4 A! f" c0 s2 d: JBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai   T- c0 Y8 \4 _# L  G1 T
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION4 F& p& A$ U2 L

) Y+ T4 u: x& Q5 E) w8 Y) sChina 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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" g7 M& P- y2 j' G6 cGovernment 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.3 y- \: W9 S" p& [3 Z
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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.# z0 T+ m  w" _! Y; q
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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.
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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 r3 @8 R# r' j* J
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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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, D, O0 Z# y3 h# s! K! e  vThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.* m2 s" @$ e" }2 O( ?+ Q
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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.”2 ]" S+ n" E' [4 p2 C1 Y6 e  u

3 w4 A; i1 {9 ?' B7 ^+ {www.csuchen.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.人在德国 社区" U2 V4 y1 q3 B- ]+ A+ J% o

; D/ T& ^/ F" q9 ?www.csuchen.deThe 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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