中国严格限制婴儿配方奶粉进口努力复苏国产乳品行业

2014-05-08 13:27:27来源：可可英语

　　China has clamped down on importers of infant formula exploiting the nation’s hunger for foreign brands, as part of an effort to restore the local dairy industry’s share of the national market.

　　中国已开始严格限制婴儿配方奶粉进口商，以此作为恢复国产乳品行业占国内市场份额努力的一部分。在此之前，这些进口商一直在利用中国国民对外国品牌奶粉的渴望牟利。

　　A 2008 scandal in which domestic milk was deliberately adulterated with melamine, a byproduct of coal, in order to fake protein tests is still hurting Chinese dairy producers more than five years on. Foreign infant formula brands now account for half the market, up from about 30 per cent before the revelation that at least six infants had died and 300,000 were made ill after drinking tainted formula.

　　2008年发生的一起丑闻伤害了中国乳品制造商逾五年，这种伤害的影响仍在继续。目前，外国婴儿配方奶粉占据了国内市场份额的一半，而在该丑闻曝光之前，这一份额只有30%。在那次丑闻中，中国国产奶粉被故意掺入了一种煤炭业的副产品——三聚氰胺，以便以作假方式通过蛋白质含量测试。爆料显示，该事件中至少有6名婴儿丧生，30万名婴儿在喝了被污染过的奶粉后患病。

　　Since then, Chinese parents have snapped up infant formula with any international connection, allowing foreign brands to charge a hefty premium and spawning a homegrown industry of smugglers hauling boxes of formula into the country. Some Chinese companies have even set up shop in New Zealand repacking bulk formula and selling it into China as a foreign brand.

　　自此以后，中国的父母始终在通过各种国际渠道抢购婴儿奶粉，令外国品牌的奶粉得以大幅加价出售，还在中国国内催生了一种新的行业——“水客”们将成箱的婴儿奶粉偷运进中国。部分中国企业甚至在新西兰设了车间，将成品婴儿配方奶粉重新打包，并以外国品牌返销国内。

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