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Topic 38 Who should Take the Blame forFood Contaminat
ion?
Nowadays various kinds of news coverage on foodcontamination has been heard of. People are in the fear of themilk food contamination, the poisonous fish, the pesticide-le ftvegetables and so on. Some people blame it for thosecompanies’ lack of responsibilities , and others criticize thegovernment. In my opinion, as the governor and supervisor ofth e food safety, government has unshirkable responsibility for food contamination.
On the one hand, the governmental institutions don’t perform their duty of supervisi on well.Citizens pay taxes for the service of the government. So the latter has the respon sibility for thefood safety of every person. They should develop stringent standards for fo od safety, and strictlyexamine the products of every company on schedule. But if they ar e serious about their duty,how can so many cases come out? It is because of their act of omission that the condemned foodenters the market. The customers are disappointed ag ain and again, and they will not trust thequality supervision departments any more. The government should squarely face the problem andtake a down-to-earth attitude toward it .
On the other hand, the government didn’t take decisive and effective actions to thor oughlyrectify and regulate the order of the food market. Most of the food contamination cases aretreated after the media coverage that those cases are not seized by the govern mental institutions.It is believed that the examining techniques and methods of governm ent are advanced, but theyare blind to the illegal act. If the media and the public didn’t p ut pressure on them, they would goon escaping from the reality. What’s more, the relate d law should be enforced. The criminal knewclearly the harm of the contaminated food t o people, but he still did the misdeeds. Because thepunishment for food contamination is not serious, and the profits are much higher than producingstandard goods, this kind of crime is repeated. There is an urgent need to strengthen foodmonitoring and intensify le gislation and its implementation.
Food is the first necessity of people. The government has the responsibility to prote ct everycitizen and regulate the food market. Throughout the country we must resolutely implement thefollowing principles: the law must be observed, law enforcement must be strict, law-breakers mustbe dealt with accordingly and all persons are equal before the la w. Only in this way can thegovernment perform its duty and people enjoy the food safely .。