Supervision Program to Monitor Ice Cube Safety

　　A new supervision¹ program has been launched in Beijing to monitor ice cubes at fast food restaurants.

 

　　The move by food safety authorities comes following media reports of fast food chains serving soft drinks with ice full of bacteria.

 

　　CRI's Li Dong has more.

 

　　Reporter:

 

　　According to CCTV, ice cubes used by fast food giants including KFC, McDonald's and Guangzhou-based Kungfu at their Beijing branches were tested to contain bacteria at severe levels, and some were even dirtier than toilet bowl water.

 

　　Earlier, CCTV reporters sent ice cubes from the Chongwenmen outlets² of KFC, McDonald's and Kungfu for lab tests. The KFC ice cubes contained levels of bacteria which were 20 times higher than the national limit, and 13 times higher than that of water samples taken from toilet bowls.

 

　　The amount of bacterial³ colonies found in ice cubes from McDonald's and Kungfu reached 120 CFU and 900 CFU or colony-forming units per milliliter respectively, exceeding the national limit of 100 CFU.

 

　　Following the media exposure, Beijing Municipal Health Bureau and Beijing Health Inspection⁴ Service has initiated⁵ a weeklong special inspection into ice cubes used in the fast food industry and their manufacturing process.

 

　　The project will inspect 1709 food enterprises in Beijing, focusing on restaurants which use self-made ice cubes for cold beverages⁶ and food.

 

　　Xu Yadong is with the Beijing Health Inspection Bureau.

 

　　"Firstly, the containers have to meet the sanitation⁷ standard. Secondly⁸, the raw materials used in food need to meet the standard; additionally, the use of food additives⁹ needs to be recorded each time."

 

　　Xu Yadong added that the sample-taking and test procedures also meet related requirements.

 

　　"The sample-taking of microorganisms in the ice cubes need to be conducted under bacteria-free condition. The transportation and test procedures will all take place under supervision to ensure no contaminants enter the sample."

 

　　Meanwhile, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment¹⁰ or CFSA also recently took 63 ice cube samples from 34 domestic and foreign food enterprises in Beijing and announced the test result.

 

　　The result shows that no salmonella and other major risky¹¹ bacteria were found in the 63 samples. All the samples are safe.

 

　　For CRI, I am Li Dong.

1 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。

2 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

6 beverages   

n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
• regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例

7 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

8 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

9 additives   

n.添加剂( additive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• chemical additives in petrol 汽油中的化学添加剂
• It'says on the packet that these crisps contain no additives. 包装上说这些炸薯片不含添加剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

11 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。