新西兰英语 58 Contaminated Baby Milk Powder in China

　　New Zealand discovered this weekend that a milk powder factory in China, partly owned by the New Zealand dairy company Fonterra, has been selling contaminated¹ baby formula. One baby has died and more than 400 are suffering from kidney² problems.
Fonterra, which is New Zealand’s biggest export company, is owned by 11,000 New Zealand dairy farmers. Fonterra owns many dairy factories around the world. It owns 43% of the San Lu dairy factory while the Chinese government owns 57%. Fonterra has three people on the board of San Lu and a senior executive³ as part of the management team. San Lu is situated⁴ in the capital of Hebei province, just south of Beijing.
Tests have shown that the milk powder contains melamine, a product used in plastics, fertilisers and cleaning products. It contains nitrogen. It is possible that Chinese dairy farmers added water to their milk and then added melamine which made the protein level seem higher.
Customers first complained about the baby formula as early as March this year. The boss of Fonterra in New Zealand said they didn’t know about it until August 2nd. When they heard this news, they immediately called for all milk powder – more than 700 tonnes – to be sent back to the factory. The factory has stopped making any more milk powder. The milk powder was not exported to New Zealand although 25 tonnes was sent to Taiwan in June. It is still in storage; none of it has been sent to shops yet.
Many of the sick babies come from rural areas in China. Mothers who return to the cities to work, often leave their babies with the grandparents. Some city mothers also use baby formula.
China has had problems with contaminated food in the past and is very concerned about food quality. The Chinese government has promised an investigation⁵.

1 contaminated   

把…弄脏，污染( contaminate的过去式 )； 玷污，毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或品德）

参考例句：

• The drinking water has become contaminated with lead. 饮用水被铅污染了。
• The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity. 发现此地受放射线污染。

2 kidney   

n.肾，腰子，类型

参考例句：

• Several of the patients had received kidney transplant.病人中有几位已接受了肾移植手术。
• The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.肾脏移植手术如今已相当常见。

3 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

4 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。