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Ifyouboughtsomecandymonthsagobutneverateithowcanyoutellwhetherit’sstilleatable?Theeasiestwayistocheckthe“expirationdate(保质期)”printedonthewrapper.Ifthatdatehasalreadypassedyou’relikely
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Ifyouboughtsomecandymonthsagobutneverateithowcanyoutellwhetherit’sstilleatable?Theeasiestwayistocheckthe“expirationdate(保质期)”printedonthewrapper.Ifthatdatehasalreadypassedyou’relikelytothrowthecandyaway.Butisthatreallynecessary?

AccordingtoanewreportfromtheUSNaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil(NRDC)tonsoffoodiswastedeachyearlargelybecausepeopledon’tfullyunderstandwhatexpirationdatesor“use-bydates”actuallymean.

Fooddatingwasintroducedin1970sbecausecustomerswantedmoreinformationaboutthethingsthattheywereeating.Whentheyfirstshowedupuse-bydatesonlyshowedfreshnessbecauseproducerswantedtheirproductstobetastedintheirbestconditions.

Howevermostcustomersmistakenlybelievedthatuse-bydatesshowedhowsafethefoodwasandtheystilllargelydo.Butthetruthisthatthesedatesaren’trelatedtothedangeroffoodpoisoning(中毒)accordingtoTimeNews.Eggsforexamplecanstillbeeatenthreetofiveweeksafterbeingboughteventhoughtheuse-bydateismuchearlier.Whentheiruse-bydatespassstrawberry-flavoredcookiesmaylosetheircrunch(松脆的口感)buttheyarenotharmful.

“It’sanunclearsubjectthedifferencebetweenfoodquality(质量)andfoodsafety”saidJenaRobertsvicepresidentofNationalFoodLabaUSfoodtestingcompany.“Eveninthefoodindustryhasworkmateswhoarenotsureaboutit.”

Thisiswhyscientistsarecallingforastandardexplanationtobeprintedfollowingtheuse-bydates.“Wewantthistobeclearlycommunicatedsocustomersarenotmisinterpretingtheinformationandwastingalotoffood”saidDanaGundersastaffscientistwiththeNRDC.

Butthiswon’tbeamistakethatiseasytocorrectsincepeoplehavebelieveditforsolong.Anotherproblemisthatthequalitylevelsofdifferentfoodschangedifferently-somearestilleatablelongaftertheiruse-bydatewhileothersarenot.

Asaresultfoodindustryofficialsarenowthinkingofchangingtheuse-bydatetoadateshowingwhenfoodismostlikelytothrowaway.

1.WhatdoesthewritermainlywanttotellusinParagraph1?

A.Whenwethrowthefoodaway. C.Howwechecktheexpirationdate.

C.Howweknowifthefoodiseatable.

刘春红回答:
  1.D 2.D 3.C 4.D
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