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Food Safety and Foodborne Illnesses Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the w

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问题                  Food Safety and Foodborne Illnesses
    Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. These efforts are in response______【51】an increasing number of food safety problems and______【52】consumer concerns.
    Foodborne illnesses are______【53】as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. Every person is ______【54】risk of foodborne illness.
    Foodborne diseases are a widespread and growing public health problem, both in developed ______【55】developing countries. The global______【56】of foodborne disease is difficult to estimate, but it has been reported that in 2005______【57】8 million people died from diarrhoeal diseases. A great______【58】of these cases can be attributed to contamination of food and drinking water.______【59】diarrhea is a major cause of malnutrition in infants and young children.
    In industrialized countries, the percentage of the population suffering from foodborne diseases each year has been reported to be 10______【60】30%. In the United States of America(USA) , for example, around 76 million cases of foodborne diseases, ______【61】325 , 000 hospitalizations and 5 , 000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.
    While less well documented, developing countries bear the brunt of the problem due to the presence of a wide ______【62】of foodborne diseases, including those caused by parasites. The high ______【63】of diarrhoeal diseases in many developing countries suggests major underlying food safety problems.
    In partnership______【64】other stakeholders, WHO is developing policies that will further promote the safety of food. These policies cover the entire food chain from production to consumption and will______【65】different types of expertise.
选项 A、size
B、position
C、proportion
D、amount
答案C
解析 a great proportion：很大部分, 很大比例。该句意思是：相当多的这种病例可以归因于食物和饮用水的污染, ……。size尺寸, 大小；position位置；amount数量。
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