[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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8 i3 d/ u/ r: }0 E/ O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。/ }  K# [9 F7 H* K1 I# T7 y2 \" t
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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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9 J, E: U3 E! iwww.csuchen.de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8 ^0 r+ t5 A: Z: x/ ]7 q9 s* {6 s

6 \" b+ S2 q0 }( S! \5 i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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3 z6 ?. D$ ^3 E: n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。8 {2 P% C8 [* T, b

6 T9 Z6 ?% q6 [3 S8 e7 s: B9 g# T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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) p! F, ~) z( m, c( e6 l2 I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。”9 r7 C! l& z/ y: W
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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。www.csuchen.de; S# ^! U; }. W( H

7 s3 N& f5 I) G5 o1 ?/ }$ o人在德国 社区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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By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai
+ l8 X; p0 S, v4 `3 mWednesday, June 27, 2007
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BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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8 q5 B6 C2 t; D- v( K5 ~: @9 {& P0 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.www.csuchen.de8 [6 E- [! i" m* D0 s

3 A" @- N4 V. j& ?8 p) j2 o人在德国 社区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- N7 o/ W- Q4 y7 h

' S  h9 c8 B; B( ZComing 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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! }) ]" g/ P' |2 Iwww.csuchen.deThe 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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0 S3 t: e8 v) y3 }% u4 ^( vwww.csuchen.deChina'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.
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! \9 R8 c4 H% O; Fwww.csuchen.deThe agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.2 _! H% g( H: f- q/ r6 [

* e0 @0 P3 l" n7 |9 pAn 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.”www.csuchen.de# e* j( r" I$ D. }. f" |$ ]

7 A( `+ v+ [6 z& a/ B5 C: {) D  M9 swww.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.www.csuchen.de1 D; {, z; J9 \  s8 y' 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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