聚焦3.15：2006年食品衛生“安全”大事記
[ 2007-03-15 08:54 ]
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2006年是國內食品衛生安全不尋常的一年，特別是下半年，幾起大事件接踵而至。回顧一年，不論是對農產品的立法與實施，還是對今天的“3.15國際消費者權益日”都具有現實意義。食品衛生“安全”回顧——北京福壽螺引發食源性疾病、上海瘦肉精中毒事件、蘇丹紅紅心鴨蛋事件、多寶魚致癌風波。
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Slimy snails
Between June and August, 87 people fell ill after eating half-cooked snails
in a Beijing restaurant. Tests carried out showed they had a type of
angiostrongyliasis infection, in which parasites that attack the brain and the
spinal cord that can lead to
meningitis. On August 8, the authorities ordered the restaurant to stop selling
the dish.
Meat menace
In mid-September, meat in some Shanghai markets was found to contain
clenobuterol hydrochloride, a chemical added to pigs' fodder to get "leaner
quality meat". In humans, the additive can cause vertigo and
nausea, and a patient could slip into a coma and even die. Hence, it's strictly
banned from being used in food products.
More than 300 people suffered clenobuterol hydrochloride poisoning. The
Ministry of Agriculture swung into action and conducted thorough checks the
markets and banned the sale of contaminated pork.
Edgy eggs
Mid-November: farmers and poultry owners in some parts of Hebei Province fed
red sudan dye to their ducks to make
them lay eggs with red yolks. The
reason: eggs with red yolks fetch a higher price than those with regular yellow
yolks. But red sudan dye is carcinogenic. Major cities soon banned the sale of
such eggs. On November 27, the Ministry of Agriculture declared that all the
red-yolk eggs and the ducks that had been fed with the cancer-causing dye had
been destroyed.
Fish fear
At the end of November, Shanghai authorities found excessive cancer-causing
chemical residues (nitrofuran and
chloromycetin) in 30 samples of turbot, a flat fish served at banquets and
upscale restaurants. The sale of the
fish was banned later. Some farmers reportedly fed the fish large quantities of
medicinal supplements, which had left harmful, cancer-causing residues, to raise
their immunity to disease.
（China Daily）
Vocabulary:
parasite：寄生蟲（文中指“廣州管圓線蟲Ⅲ期幼蟲”）
spinal
cord: 脊髓
meningitis ：腦膜炎
leaner
quality meat: 一級瘦肉
yolk: 蛋黃
chemical residues:
化學殘留物
upscale restaurants:
高檔賓館
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