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Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to (51) food safety. These efforts are in response to an increasing number of food safety problems and (52) consumer concerns.
Foodborne illnesses are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic (有毒的) in nature, caused by agents that (53) the body through the ingestion of food. Every person is risk of foodborne illness.
Foodborne diseases are a widespread and growing public health (55),both in developed and developing countries. The global incidence of foodborne disease is difficult to ____ (56), but it has been reported that in 2005 alone8 million people died from diarrhoeal (腹瀉) diseases. A great proportion of these ____ (57) can be attributed to contamination (污染) of food and drinking water. Additionally, diarrhoeal is a ____ (58) cause of malnutrition(營養不良) in infants and young children.
In industrialized countries, the percentage of the population suffering from foodborne diseases each year has been ____ (59) to be 10 up to 30%.In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of foodborne diseases, resulting____ (60)325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. are estimated to occur each year.
____ (61) less well documented, developing countries bear the brunt (首當其沖) of the problem due to the presence of a wide ____ (62)of foodborne diseases, including those caused by parasites(寄生蟲). The high prevalence of diarrhoeal diseases in many developing countries suggests major ____ (63) food safety problems.
In partnership with other stakeholders, WHO is developing ____ (64) that will further promote the safety of food. These policies ____ (65) the entire food chain from production to consumption and will make use of different types of expertise(專長).
51 A meet B improve C provide D reach
52 A following B careful C rising D immediate
53 A find B govern C enter D push
54 A with B for C at D in
55 A interest B problem C service D benefit
56 A compare B estimate C explain D reduce
57 A factors B products C cases D countries
58 A natural B major C similar D just
59 A imagined B acknowledged C considered D reported
60 A to B in C from D of
61 A As B Since C Hence D While
62 A range B distance C order D arrangement
63 A prevailing B spreading C troubling D underlying
64 A policies B methods C programs D systems
65 A form B set C cover D break
51 B 52 C 53C 54 C 55 B
56 B 57 C 58 B 59 D 60 B
61 D 62 A 63 D 64 A 65 C
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