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Food scandals in Taiwan 台湾爆发食品丑闻 Plastic unfantastic 塑化剂事件 Tainted products also poison the presidentschances of re-election 食品受到污染给总统争取连任的前景蒙上阴影 TAIWANS biggest-ever food scare began whengovernment inspectors testing sports drinks andsoft drinks last month detected dangerous levels of industrial plasticisers. These are normallyused to make everything from shoes to hosepipes more flexible. Since then, the plasticisershave been found in a range of foods and drinks. The crisis has also gone firmly international asChina, Hong Kong, South Korea and the Philippines have withdrawn Taiwanese products fromsupermarket shelves. Taiwanese commentators are wondering how the government can live thescandal down. 上个月，台湾政府负责食品检验的工作人员在一些运动饮料及软饮料中检测出了含量足以对人体产生危害的工业塑化剂成分，由此引发了台湾最大的一次食品恐慌。通常情况下，塑化剂被广泛应用于鞋类、塑料软管等产品中，可起到增加柔韧度的作用。事件发生后，又相继在一系列食品和饮料中发现了塑化剂的身影。随着中国，香港，韩国和菲律宾纷纷将台湾产品从自己的超市中下架，这次危机毫无疑问已经造成了国际性的影响。台湾的评论家们都在琢磨政府将如何从这桩丑闻中脱身。 | 
