[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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1 W$ w& [3 c) y. s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。www.csuchen.de9 U# W0 b' m* h5 O4 O; _! I/ c
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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。www.csuchen.de3 `8 R) z+ @+ U
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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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* ~9 C( z7 f. n, F, u0 z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。7 ]7 d4 ~' S- |& q

9 e8 \8 d1 a6 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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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。”$ b, |' J7 {# s' I* {
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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。3 j4 N- S" W& m4 z2 K2 W% S! V

, N$ O2 e6 }% Q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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+ Q: h" y' s4 i$ F. Z; |www.csuchen.deBy Geoff Dyer in Shanghai 8 N# s1 G$ S" N5 r
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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! ]& n* P2 L/ }BEIJING'S SEIZURE OF US FOOD SEEN AS RETALIATION
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: v8 C' A) p) _% v3 cwww.csuchen.deChina 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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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.
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+ H! ~* T% H3 \$ s# IThe 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.% b! T& e  v3 p& E2 G
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The agency's statement said local departments had been advised to “strengthen quarantine and inspections on food imports from America”.人在德国 社区, h& W5 j! c# u) x* w
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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.”4 `4 T( n/ A; s1 n: h. w

$ P% P' x- I* c- q5 [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.$ w! p$ I6 c0 `  T6 Q

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