[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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2007年6月27日 星期三
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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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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。
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3 l1 V5 y. p* F) `' N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。. F3 }1 M! q# L- ^: r2 Q
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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。% _* D; \6 p7 F1 P  u* b1 j

7 c7 S' V3 X- b/ c5 @2 i8 j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。
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) L3 ~  T" a- k* J$ o3 u+ s' h$ jwww.csuchen.de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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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。人在德国 社区2 \: a% A! s8 p, Z& U

' T% K/ O$ C. Q+ F+ U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。6 v% j0 }$ M$ f0 Z

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9 k; p1 e$ B# P& `  x% [: _By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai * n  s: A8 m1 z! r
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3 h# W2 a- R- k: C2 [: O5 n1 T
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; E8 P: t9 G6 |/ e7 cwww.csuchen.deBEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION" q: U& Y! l0 k; o
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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.
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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.
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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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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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" c& G2 m$ j" |' x; O; {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." K5 m% i- x7 e0 U3 g; K! S5 i5 [
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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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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.( P+ b% y( A; R
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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: }3 B9 j5 q8 m2 A: I5 I; q

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