近期我國頻繁的洪水引發食品安全擔憂

Severe flooding across large parts of the country has raised fresh concerns about food safety.

近期，國內大部分地區遭遇嚴重洪水，導致人們對食品安全產生新的擔憂。

Since the rainy season began in early June, millions of domestic animals have been washed away in flooding, authorities said.

有關部門稱，自6月初進入雨季以來，洪水沖走了數百萬頭家畜。

For instance, in Hubei, more than 80,000 pigs and over 3.6m chickens and ducks died, while in Jiangxi, about 5.2m chickens and ducks were lost. Many are worried that the meat might find its way to markets around the country.

比如，湖北省有8萬多頭豬和超過360萬隻雞鴨死亡，江西省有大約520萬隻雞鴨失蹤。許多人擔心這些肉可能會流入全國各地的市場。

China's food safety credentials took a hit when high-profile food scandals shook consumer confidence, particularly in 2008 when melamine-tainted baby formula caused at least six infant deaths and made a further 300,000 ill.

當備受關注的食品醜聞動搖了消費者的信心時，中國食品安全的信任也受到重創。特別是在2008年，當三聚氰胺嬰幼兒配方奶粉造成至少六個嬰兒死亡，進而致300000名兒童患病。

In recent years, public anger has mounted over reports that illicit pork has found its way on to Chinese dinner tables. Illegal vendors reportedly salvage dead animals from rivers or lakes, before processing and selling the meat. Last year, police in southern China's Guangdong Province dealt with a case in which suspects sold more than 3,500 kg of tainted pork each day, according to the provincial public security bureau.

近年來，公衆的憤怒又被非法豬肉登上中國餐桌而點燃。據報道，在加工和銷售肉類之前，非法的供應商從河流或湖泊中打撈死去的動物。據中國南部的廣東省的公安部門報道，去年在警方處理的一個案件中，犯罪嫌疑人每天要出售超過3500公斤的受污染的豬肉。

"There are floods everywhere, and I'm worried that I might accidently eat meat from drowned pigs or chickens," said Mao Xiaoli, a resident in Xinjian county, Jiangxi.

江西省新建縣居民毛曉麗稱："到處都是洪水，擔心自己可能會不小心吃到淹死的豬或雞的肉。"

Zhu Liangqiang, head of Anhui Provincial Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, said that it was essential for the government to prevent any illegal meat from entering the market by strict supervision of transportation, processing and sourcing of animals.

安徽省動物疫病預防與控制中心主任朱良強表示，政府有必要對動物運輸、加工和採購源進行嚴格監管，防止任何非法肉類進入市場。