近期我国频繁的洪水引发食品安全担忧

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

近期，国内大部分地区遭遇严重洪水，导致人们对食品安全产生新的担忧。

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

有关部门称，自6月初进入雨季以来，洪水冲走了数百万头家畜。

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8万多头猪和超过360万只鸡鸭死亡，江西省有大约520万只鸡鸭失踪。许多人担心这些肉可能会流入全国各地的市场。

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.

当备受关注的食品丑闻动摇了消费者的信心时，中国食品安全的信任也受到重创。特别是在2008年，当三聚氰胺婴幼儿配方奶粉造成至少六个婴儿死亡，进而致300000名儿童患病。

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.

近年来，公众的愤怒又被非法猪肉登上中国餐桌而点燃。据报道，在加工和销售肉类之前，非法的供应商从河流或湖泊中打捞死去的动物。据中国南部的广东省的公安部门报道，去年在警方处理的一个案件中，犯罪嫌疑人每天要出售超过3500公斤的受污染的猪肉。

"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.

江西省新建县居民毛晓丽称："到处都是洪水，担心自己可能会不小心吃到淹死的猪或鸡的肉。"

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.

安徽省动物疫病预防与控制中心主任朱良强表示，政府有必要对动物运输、加工和采购源进行严格监管，防止任何非法肉类进入市场。