Food Safety and Foodborne Illness Food safety is an increasingly important ...

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问题 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 concems.
Foodbome 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 (摄取)of food. Every person is _______ (54) risk of foodbome illnesses.
Foodbome diseases are a widespread and growing public health_______ (55),both in developed and developing countries. The global incidence of foodborne diseases is difficult to ______ (56),but it has been reported that in 2005 alone 8 million people died
from diarrhoeal (腹泻)diseases. A great proportion of these ______ (57) can be attributed to contamination (污染)of food and drinking water. Additionally,diarrhoea is a _______ (58) cause of malnutrition (替养不良)in ihfants and young children.
In industrialized countries,the percentage of the population suffering from foodbome 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 foodbome 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 (首当其冲)of the problem due to the presence of a wide _______ (62) of foodbome diseases,including those caused by parasites (寄生虫). 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 (专长).

选项 A. prevailing
B. spreading
C. troubling
D. underlying

答案D

解析的意思是“发展中国家之所以腹泻病人很多,就是因为食品安全存在很多问题”,因此D项正好符合上下文意思。
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