實用英語：盤點食品安全詞匯及用語

　　(食油)較快變質(zhì) turn rancid more quickly

　　(食品)過期 was past its sell-by date

　　「此日期前食用」日期 "sell by" date

　　「此日期前最佳」日期 "best before" date

　　一種禁用的代糖 a banned sweetener

　　一種豬只用的哮喘藥 clenbuterol

　　二十五件過期食品 25 outdated items of food

　　二惡莢 dioxin

　　二惡莢含量合乎安全標準/沒有超標 showed no excessive levels of dioxin

　　人造香料 artificial flavourings/artificial flavours

　　下令回收兩款瘦身產(chǎn)品 ordered the recall of two slimming products

　　大頭娃娃 "big-headed" babies

　　化學色素 chemical dyes

　　天然香料 natural flavourings/natural flavours

　　孔雀石綠 malachite green

　　水楊酸 salicylic acid

　　加強管制聲稱為健康食品的產(chǎn)品 tighten regulations on products marketed as "health food"

　　尼古丁 nicotine

　　未能證明其食品安全 failed to guarantee the safety of its product

　　未煮熟的肉類 undercooked meat

　　含過量水銀，對健康有害 contained dangerously high levels of mercury

　　含過量防腐劑或食品添加劑 contained excessive amounts of preservatives or additives

　　抗氧化物antioxidants

　　沒有需要禁止入口 There was no need to ban imports.

　　防腐劑 preservative

　　咖啡因 caffeine

　　長期食用有損肝腎 Long-time exposure can lead to kidney and liver damage.

　　政府在過去三年，巡查了超級市場一萬六千五百次，卻只能成功檢控了六十五宗售賣過期食品個案，平均罰款五千元。

　　The Government has carried out 16,500 checks on supermarkets in the past three years. Only 65 prosecutions were made over labelling with an average fine of $5,000.

　　昨日解禁，今日恢復銷售

　　could be back on the shelves today after a ban on their sale was lifted yesterday

　　毒奶粉 substandard milk powder

　　毒菜 pesticide-tainted/contaminated vegetable

　　看來對人體無害 did not seem to be harmful to humans

　　致癌化學物 cancer-causing chemical

　　致癌物質(zhì) cancer-causing toxins

　　苯甲酸 benzoic acid

　　能令人體致癌物質(zhì) a human carcinogen

　　高溫煮食 high-temperature cooking