近年来相继发生"毒奶粉"、"瘦肉精"、"地沟油"、"染色馒头"等事件,这些恶性的食品安全事件足以表明,食品安全人命关天,维系亿万人民日常民生。今天小编就最近的热门事件教大家有关食品安全词汇及用语，帮助大家更好的学习英语。
（指禽流感病菌）对身体无害 poses no health risk （食油）较快变质 turn rancid more quickly （食品）过期 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「此日期前食用」日期 "sell by" date 「此日期前最佳」日期 "best before" date 一种禁用的代糖 a banned sweetener 一种猪只用的哮喘药 clenbuterol 二十五件过期食品 25 outdated items of food 二恶荚 dioxin 二恶荚含量合乎安全标准/没有超标 showed no excessive levels of dioxin 人造香料 artificial flavourings/artificial flavours 下令回收两款瘦身产品 ordered the recall of two slimming products 大头娃娃 "big-headed" babies 化学色素 chemical dyes 天然香料 natural flavourings/natural flavours 孔雀石绿 malachite green 水杨酸 salicylic acid 加强管制声称为健康食品的产品 tighten regulations on products marketed as "health food" 尼古丁 nicotine 未能证明其食品安全 failed to guarantee the safety of its product 未煮熟的肉类 undercooked meat 含过量水银，对健康有害 contained dangerously high levels of mercury 含过量防腐剂或食品添加剂 contained excessive amounts of preservatives or additives 抗氧化物antioxidants 没有需要禁止入口 There was no need to ban imports. 防腐剂 preservative 咖啡因 caffeine 长期食用有损肝肾 Long-time exposure can lead to kidney and liver damage. 政府在过去三年，巡查了超级市场一万六千五百次，却只能成功检控了六十五宗售卖过期食品个案，平均罚款五千元。 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，今日恢复销售 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 看来对人体无害 did not seem to be harmful to humans 致癌化学物 cancer-causing chemical 致癌物质 cancer-causing toxins 苯甲酸 benzoic acid 能令人体致癌物质 a human carcinogen 高温煮食 high-temperature cooking