Business Channel 2007-10-16&10-18, 食品进口安全
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2007年
There is nothing more American than a fall apple harvest. But you won't find these New York apples in your apple juice. Most apple juice contains concentrate from China and to a lesser 1 degree from Brazil, Argentina and Chile. And that hamburger, American beef, mixed with trim from at least 16 different countries. Bread, wheat gluten from China and Europe. Kellogg's popular Nutri-Grain Cereal Bar contains ingredients from the US and at least 7 other countries.
We are trying to manage this tremendous growth in imports without modernizing 2 our food safety laws. And so in fact, we are really not checking the foods adequately.
The Food and Drug Administration inspects just 1% of our imported food. There are fewer inspectors 3 today than five years ago. Yet imports are exploding. According to the Agriculture Department, almost 15% of America's food is imported. 63 billion dollars worth last year from more than 175 countries. Many snacks and prepared meals contain ingredients from dozens of countries.
The more process, the more opportunities there are for those cost-conscious processors to save a few bucks 4 by sourcing an ingredient from one country as opposed to another country.
This country imports some 14 billion dollars in fruits, vegetables in nets, up 53% in just the past few years. Snack food imports grew even more. Red meat imports jumpped 19%.
We are always going to have a more globalized food source. We are going to be importing more products from across the world, because that's what consumers are demanding.
He represents the big food companies, and says Americans want fruit year round. It's that consumer demand that will continue to drive food imports. But want to know where your food is from, you have to guess. Country of origin labeling is the law but it's been postponed 5 until at least next year under pressure from industry.
Christine Romans, CNN, New York
Notes:
Outsourcing: The procuring 6 of services or products, such as the parts used in manufacturing a motor vehicle, from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs.
- Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
- She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。
- Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
- The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。
- 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》
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。