VOA慢速英语2014 中国逮捕五名涉及肉类丑闻的人员

 

AS IT IS 2014-07-25 China Arrests Five Involved in Meat Scandal 中国逮捕五名涉及肉类丑闻的人员

Food safety is again on the minds of people in China, especially those who eat at two popular American fast food chains.   

Chinese police have arrested five employees of a Shanghai-based food supplier.  This food supplier is accused of selling old, or expired¹, meat to several fast food chains in China.  These fast food chains include two of the biggest -- McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Shanghai police say those arrested include the head of the Husi Food Company and its quality manager.  Husi Food Company is a unit of the U.S.-based food supplier OSI Group.

China's Dragon TV reported that workers at the company mixed expired meat with fresh product.  And the workers even used meat that had fallen onto the floor.

The official Xinhua news agency quoted officials as saying some of the problems at the company were not limited to certain individuals.  The problems, officials say, were "an arrangement organized by the company."

Restaurants including McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Starbucks have pulled products using Husi's meat.  Some of the meat was also sold in Japan. 

There have been no reports of widespread sickness.  But this report has still angered many Chinese, who are particularly sensitive toward food safety issues. 

There have been many food safety scandals² in recent years.  And some of these scandals have killed many people, including infants. 

In 2008 poisoned liquid baby food, or formula, sickened more than 300,000 babies in China and killed six.

1 expired   

期满( expire的过去式和过去分词 )； 文件、协议等（因到期而）失效； 断气； 逝世

参考例句：

• The period of validity of the agreement has expired. 本协议的有效期已过。
• Their licences have expired. 他们的执照已到期。

2 scandals   

丑事( scandal的名词复数 )； 流言蜚语； 闲话； 诽谤

参考例句：

• Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures. 最近的金融丑闻使得议会程序必须改革。
• a series of sex scandals 一系列性丑闻