时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:VOA双语新闻 2011年4月


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  More steps are being taken to improve U.S. food safety. The Agriculture Department unveiled new regulations April 5 that would force meat and poultry 1 companies to delay shipments to consumers until government inspectors 2 get results of products they have tested for E-coli bacteria and other contaminants. The move is an effort by the government to prevent outbreaks of food poisoning and reduce the number of costly 3 product recalls.

美国正在采取进一步措施加强食品安全。美国农业部刚刚出台的规定说,生产肉类和家禽产品公司必须在政府检查人员对其产品进行的有关大肠杆菌和其他污染物的检测结果出台后才能开始将产品运送到消费者手中。政府希望通过这些努力来防止食物中毒的爆发以及减少更为昂贵的食品召回的次数。

New regulations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates one-in-six Americans are sickened after eating contaminated food and 5,000 die every year. During the past several years’s outbreaks of E-Coli and Salmonella poisoning have led to massive food recalls of ground beef and other things like spinach 4, tomatoes and eggs.

根据美国疾病控制和防治中心的估计,每年大约有六分之一的美国人在食用了含有污染物的食物后中毒,另有5000人死于食物中毒。过去几年,由于爆发大肠杆菌和沙门氏菌,美国发生了碎牛肉、菠菜、西红柿和鸡蛋等食品被大规模召回的事件。

"People are alarmed when they see these kinds of outbreaks and they want the food industry to do something," Robert Brackett, a food industry analyst 5 said.

食品工业分析师罗伯特·布拉克特说:“公众在看到这些食品污染事件大规模爆发后,都提高了警觉,他们希望食品工业可以采取一些行动。”

Now the food industry and the U.S. Agriculture Department have established tougher regulations to keep contaminated items out of the food supply. Meat and poultry products will be prevented from reaching consumers for 24 to 48 hours until government inspectors have the opportunity to review tests to help ensure consumers are getting the safest food possible. Government researchers believe if the new guidelines had been in place two years ago more than 44 serious food recalls could have been prevented.

现在食品工业和农业部联手制定了更为严格的规定将受污染的食品排除在粮食供应之外。家禽类和肉类制品必须等候24到48小时才能到达消费者手中,在此期间,政府检查人员将对这些产品的检测结果进行审议,尽可能确保消费者获得最安全的食品。政府研究人员相信,如果在两年前实施了这些新的规定, 美国至少可以避免44起严重的食品召回事件。

Long-term heath outcomes

"It is much more important to prevent the product from going into the marketplace than it is to recall it after it's been there," said Pat Buck 6, who founded the Center for Foodborne Illness, Research and Prevention in 2006. Buck made the decision several years after her grandson Kevin died from eating food tainted 7 with E-coli bacteria.

帕特·巴克在2006年成立了是食物感染疾病研究和防治中心的执行主任。她是在孙子凯文因为食用感染了大肠杆菌的食物死亡后成立这个中心的。她说:“禁止这些产品进入市场要比进入市场后再召回要重要得多。”

Buck says serious foodborne illness is not just about having an upset stomach.

巴克说,食物感染疾病不仅仅只是造成你的胃不舒服。

"It can also lead to a whole host of long-term health outcomes. One reason we formed our organization was to start examining and looking at those long-term health outcomes," Buck explains.

她说:“它还引发一系列长期的健康问题。我们成立这个组织的一个原因就是要对这些长期健康问题进行检测和研究。”

Improving infrastructure 8

Other food safety advocates say the U.S. system is stronger since President Barack Obama signed The Food Safety Modernization 9 Act into law last January. It represented the first major overhaul 10 of the nation's food safety infrastructure in more than 70 years. The act requires companies to stop contamination before it happens by increasing inspections 11 at food processing facilities and forcing companies to recall tainted products. Buck says the tougher rules will have a big impact.

其他粮食安全活动人士说,自从奥巴马总统在1月份签署了《食品安全现代化法案》后,美国的食品安全体系得到了加强。这也是美国70多年里对食品安全基础设施作的第一次重大调整。该法案要求各个公司加强对食品加工设施的检查以防范食品污染案件的发生,并召回有毒产品。巴克说,更为严格的制度会有大的影响。

"Definitely it will save lives. Will it make our food safe tomorrow morning? No," she said. "This is a major change that means we are going to have to develop regulations and we are going to have to find resources to put the new programs in place."

巴克说:“这当然是挽救生命的措施。但是,这是否会让我们的食品明天早上就变得安全?不会。但这是一个重大改变,意味着我们将不得不完善制度。我们还要找到新的资源建立更多的项目。”

Buck says it could take 10 years before significant changes to the nation's food safety system are in place. In the meantime, she says her organization will continue working to encourage more research and raise public awareness 12 about foodborne illness and making the food we eat safer.

巴克说,美国食品安全体系要发生重大的改变还需要十年的时间。她同时说,她的机构将继续努力,鼓励更多的研究,增强公众对食品污染疾病的意识,使得我们食品更加安全。



n.家禽,禽肉
  • There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
  • What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过,通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
n.菠菜
  • Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
  • You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
n.现代化,现代化的事物
  • This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
  • The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
n.检查( inspection的名词复数 );检验;视察;检阅
  • Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
  • Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
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