美国采取措施加强食品安全一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 美国采取措施加强食品安全一托福阅读机经背景   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 companies to delay shipments to consumers until government inspectors 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 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, 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 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