英闻天下——306 UK Horsemeat Scandal Spreads to Europe

 　　The horsemeat scandal has spread to almost 20 European countries, leaving Europeans shocked that disingenuous¹ meat products made it through countries famous for food safety.

 

　　Almost all the supermarkets and several foodstuffs² companies in Britain have been involved in the scandal.

 

　　Many British citizens are now refraining from buying meat at supermarkets.

 

　　Mark Wolf, former supervisor³ of the British Food Standards Agency, suggests increasing the budgets and the resources in order to catch it before becoming a major problem.

 

　　"The more you have, the more chance there is of something happening during that chain. And it's quite difficult to check because traceability, apart from beef, is usually only one stage down the line and one stage up line. "

 

　　Even though the European Union has a very strict policy regarding what raw foodstuffs slaughterhouses can sell to EU-authorized markets, the complicated nature of the food supply chain of modern Europe has made supervision⁴ difficult.

 

　　Due to a blistering⁵ financial crisis in multiple European countries since 2008, food safety departments throughout the Eurozone have seen budget cuts and staff reductions.

1 disingenuous   

adj.不诚恳的，虚伪的

参考例句：

• It is disingenuous of him to flatter me.他对我阿谀奉承，是居心叵测。
• His brother Shura with staring disingenuous eyes was plotting to master the world.他那长着一对狡诈眼睛的哥哥瑞拉，处心积虑图谋征服整个世界。

2 foodstuffs   

食物，食品( foodstuff的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports. 食物进口仅占总进口额的一小部份。
• Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free. 许多基本食物如牛奶和面包是免税的。

3 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

4 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

5 blistering   

adj.酷热的；猛烈的；使起疱的；可恶的v.起水疱；起气泡；使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡

参考例句：

• The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
• This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿，是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句