2. Answer the following questions.

1. What does basic food safety training in Australia include?

2. Who can be liable for heavy fines in Australia?

3. Are the regulations in China well known by the trade?

4. What can help to avoid the problem of direct linkages between farmer groups and traders?

5. Who informs the EU parliament on food safety matters?

6. May individual member states also have other legislation and controls in respect of food safety?

7. Can food be manufactured and sold within Germany without a special permission?

8. Who is responsible for the food s/he passes into circulation?

9. How many laws are there in Pakistan that specifically deal with food safety?

10. Whose system of food safety is one of the best in the world?

3. Find English equivalents to the given Russian terms.

1. заражение с/х вредителями	1. confidence in food
2. основные покупатели	2. relevant package
3. уверенность в еде	3. to suit the needs
4. химические добавки	4. pest infestation
5. требования безопасности	5. liable for heavy fines
6. облагаемые штрафами	6. chemical additives
7. отвечать нуждам	7. international pressure
8. международное давление	8. safety requirements
9. соответствующая упаковка	9. ultimate buyers
10. реинвестирование рыночных сборов	10. reinvesting market fees

4. Translate and memorize the following word combinations.

European Union, wholesale markets, upgrading management, excessively bureaucratic approach, positive benefit, internal structures, sustainable agriculture, special permission, integrated legal framework, tremendous capacity, preventing adulteration, substantial difference, consumer complaints.

5. Translate from Russian into English.

Европейское агентство по безопасности продуктов питания — агентство Европейского союза, который предоставляет независимые консультации и информацию по существующим и возможным рискам, связанным с продовольствием. Деятельность агентства охватывает все вопросы прямого и непрямого влияния на безопасность пищевых продуктов и кормов, включая здоровье животных и защиту растений. Агентство поддерживает Европейскую комиссию, Европейский парламент и страны-члены в их стремлении принимать своевременные и эффективные решения по управлению рисками, которые должны обеспечивать защиту здоровья европейских потребителей и безопасность пищевых продуктов и кормов. Агентство работает с общественностью по всем вопросам, входящим в его компетенцию, на открытой и прозрачной основе. Европейское агентство по безопасности продуктов питания основано в январе 2002 года. Его штаб-квартира находится в Парме, Италия.

6. Ask questions to underlined words.

1. Smart business operators know that basic food safety training improves the bottom line, staff take more pride in their work; there is less waste; and customers can have more confidence in the food they consume. 2. People responsible for serving unsafe food can be liable for heavy fines under this new legislation, consumers are pleased that industry will be forced to take food safety seriously. 3. Governments need to improve the condition of many markets through upgrading management and reinvesting market fees in physical infrastructure. 4. Labels used for "green" food, "organic" food and "pollution-free" food are not well recognized by traders and many are unclear about their meaning. 5. The parliament of the European Union (EU) makes legislation in the form of directives and regulations, many of which are mandatory for member states and which therefore must be incorporated into individual countries' national legislation. 6. As a very large organization that exists to remove barriers to trade between member states, and into which individual member states have only a proportional influence, the outcome is often seen as an excessively bureaucratic 'one size fits all' approach. 7. Food can be manufactured and sold within Germany without a special permission, as long as it does not cause any damage on consumers’ health and meets the general standards set by the legislation. 8. However, manufacturers, carriers, importers and retailers are responsible for the food they pass into circulation. 9. Pakistan does not have an integrated legal framework but has a set of laws, which deals with various aspects of food safety. 10. Although the US food safety system is one of the best in the world, it is lacking in "organization, regulatory tools, and resources to address food borne illness."