东北大学《大学英语2》课件-第6讲.pdf

Unit 6 Eating Well 东北大学大学英语Eating Well UNIT 6 Reading Topic Preview Text C Eating Well UNIT 6 Topic Preview Food should be handled with great care to make sure it is not hazardous.Food borne illnesses can lead to serious and life-threatening illnesses.Following the four easy steps can reduce the risk of food poisoning:clean,cross contamination(that is,separate),chill and cook.These four principles known as 4Cs of food hygiene can help to prevent food-related illnesses.Clean Wash your hands,dishes and utensils before preparing food or touching any raw food items.Otherwise you could spread bacteria to your food,and then to your family.Cross Contamination(Separate)Always keep raw meats separate from other kinds of food and use separate utensils for cooked or raw meats.Preventing cross contamination in kitchen can reduce the chances of food poisoning.4 Cs to Reduce the Risk of Food Poisoning!Eating Well UNIT 6 Topic Preview 1.Clean Wash your hands,dishes and utensils before preparing food or touching any raw food items.Otherwise you could spread bacteria to your food,and then to your family.2.Cross Contamination(Separate)Always keep raw meats separate from other kinds of food and use separate utensils for cooked or raw meats.Preventing cross contamination in kitchen can reduce the chances of food poisoning.When storing food items,make sure to keep them separately.Eating Well UNIT 6 Topic Preview 3.Cook Cooking is the best way to kill microorganisms in raw food items.Always cook the food to the right temperature.When cooking meat or meat products(e.g.,eggs)cook them until they are steaming hot and the juices run clear.4.Chill Dont keep the food at room temperature for more than two hours.Make sure to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.Refrigerate foods quickly at a proper temperature to slow the growth of bacteria.Eating Well UNIT 6 Text C Pre-reading Questions Text Understanding the Structure of the Text Comprehension Questions Eating Well UNIT 6 Pre-reading Questions 1.Have you ever thought about food problems in China?What are they?2.Do you have any suggestions to put forward to help solve these problems?Eating Well UNIT 6 What Chinas New Food Safety Law Might Mean for Consumers and Businesses Food safety is not a problem unique to China,though it is certainly among the countrys most pressing and persistent challenges.On April 28,2016,the John L.Thornton China Center hosted a public event to discuss food safety in China and what new regulations might mean for consumers and businesses.Revised food safety law:a step in the right direction Chinas revised Food Safety Law,enacted in October 2015,is intended to strengthen the regulation of food companies in China and to enhance oversight along the supply chain.The law imposes tougher consequences on violators of food safety regulations.The revised Food Safety Law is a step in the right direction,but improving food safety will require more than just new regulations.Greater inter-agency coordination is needed among the various government entities with regulatory responsibility for food safety,including the China Food and Drug Administration,the Ministry of Agriculture,the National Health and Planning Commission,and the General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine.Text C Eating Well UNIT 6 China has done relatively better in enforcing food safety and quality standards for its food exports than it has for its domestic food market.A disparity between export quality and what is found in local markets is not uncommon in developing countries.But after several large-scale food safety incidents,domestic Chinese consumers are now paying close attention to the quality of their food and are no longer willing to accept such a disparity.Setting and enforcing higher food safety standards domestically is important for maintaining public health and for increasing consumer confidence.The latter will take time but is an indispensable component of the consumption-driven economy that China seeks.Eating Well UNIT 6 Industry consolidation needed One of the biggest obstacles facing Chinese food safety regulators is a still-fragmented domestic food industry with many small players.The increase in regulatory requirements and inspections mandated by the new law will raise the costs of doing business and likely lead to industry consolidation,which would help make the domestic Chinese food industry more manageable from a regulatory perspective.Emerging trends that see consumers buying food products from small and perhaps unverified retailers online actually make the jobs of regulators more difficult.This is because products are harder to traceand,if there is a problem,to recallwhen transactions occur through nontraditional retail channels.Traceability is critical to ensuring food safety because it allows problematic food items to be identified.The responsible firm can then correct the situation and each actor in the supply chain can be held accountable.Eating Well