第三期英语俱乐部主题活动食 品安全国际交流中心信息处第三期英语俱乐部主题活动食 品安全国际交流中心信息处.pptVIP

Activities 1. Group discussion, 30 minutes -- Why do you think there are so many food safety problems in China? -- What do you think is the biggest problem? -- How can we improve it? (by government/industry/NGOs/consumers) Activities 2. Debate ? It’s mostly the government’s or the industry’s responsibility to ensure food safety. Rules: 2 teams, 4 debaters each 30 minutes preparation each debater 1 minute of presentation 5 minutes of cross talk each team 1 minute closing remarks Let’s have fun in English! * * 第三期英语俱乐部主题活动 食 品 安 全 国际交流中心信息处 2013.7.26 Food Safety vs. Food Security “吃了不倒” vs. “能吃饱” Food Safety vs. QSAP (Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products) Definitions: Food-borne illness --- people’s health short-term impact long-term impact food poisoning pesticide/drug residue food additives food contamination zoonosis e.g. E. coli e.g. tainted cowpea e.g. industrial plasticizer e.g. cadmium-tainted rice e.g. H7N9 avian influenza Inexhaustive list of food safety scandals/crises/incidents China: Brown-meat essence 瘦肉精 Clenbuterol 盐酸克伦特罗 Ractopamine 莱克多巴胺 Melamine milk Tainted steamed buns Swill-cooked dirty oil/ illegal cooking oil Lamb adulteration Dead pigs in Huangpu River Cadmium-tainted rice Copper sulfate-tainted preserved eggs Globally： Salmonella BSE/mad cow disease Dioxin in feed additives Deadly E. coli outbreak Reasons for Increased Incidents of Food-borne Illness -Better methods of detection and identification -Microorganisms are developing resistance to antibiotics -Change in consumer demographics -Change in consumer lifestyles -Changes in the food system--Farm to Table Reading materials German Dioxin Scandal— BBC News China Busts Rat-meat-ring – Reuters Food Safety Problem is a global issue – Global Times * * * Food safety involves the safe handling of food from the time it is grown, packaged, distributed, and prepared to prevent