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Food safety 食品安全 New words carcin(o)- 癌 -gen/-genic/-genous 原，产生 carinogen 致癌物质 toxic 有毒，中毒 logical 逻辑学的 toxicological 毒物学的 anti- 反，抗，非 oxidant 氧化剂 antioxidant 抗氧化剂 radio- 无线电，辐射，放射 nuclide 核素 radionuclide 放射性核素 intra- 内的，在内的 intrastate 州内的 fraud 欺骗，欺诈 safrole 黄樟油精，黄樟素 symphytine 聚合草素 preservative 防腐剂 cadmium 镉 mercury 汞 The question,“Is the food safe?”, usually evokes an emotional response. Everybody has a right to a safe and wholesome food supply. 食品是否安全这个问题常常会引起人情绪化的反应。每一个人都有权获得安全、健康的食品。 Yet the question of food safety is a complicated one. 然而食品安全问题是一个复杂的问题。 The concept of food safety has many facets. Perhaps the most obvious, and certainly the most prevalent problem of food safety is microbiological food poisoning. 食品安全有许多方面，也许食品安全中最明显的，最普遍的问题是食品的微生物毒害。 This is serious problem in nearly every country, but another aspect of food safety is primarily concerned with chemicals. 这是几乎在每一个国家都很严重的问题，但是食品安全的另一个主要关注的方面主要与化学药品有关。 Some chemicals should be there and some should not. Chemicals in our food supply come from six sources. 一些化学药品应该添加，而另一些不应该添加。食品中的化学药品来源于六个方面。 These are industrial accidents, intentional fraud, natural compounds, food additives, pesticides, and environmental pollutants. 它们是工业事故，有意的欺骗，天然化合物，食品添加剂，杀虫剂和环境污染。 All require a different concept of food safety a different approach. 以上所有这些都需要用不同的方法来评价食品安全。 Industrial accidents工业事故 The problem of industrial accidents is difficult and complex. In our technological society there will always be accidents. 工业事故问题是困难而复杂的，在科技社会中，常常会有事故发生。 We have to gear our laws and responses so that these unfortunate occurrences are minimized.我们必须调整法律和反应以尽量减少这些不幸的发生。 Natural Toxicant in Food 食品中天然毒素 Toxicants occurring naturally in foods are not subject to regulatory control, and many would not receive approval if they were proposed as food additives at the levels in which they occur. Some are actually carcinogens and would not be allowed in any amount.食品中天然存在的毒素不受法律法规的调控，如果把它们天然存在的剂量作为它们添加剂的添加水平，就不能获得批准。其中一些实际